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Noun: shoeblack  'shoo,blak
  1. A person who polishes shoes and boots
    - bootblack
Noun: shoe black
  1. Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
    - China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Derived forms: shoeblacks, shoe blacks

Type of: hibiscus, unskilled person

Encyclopedia: Shoeblack