What is the significance of the pink hibiscus plant in Tuesdays with Morrie?

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1. #grows
2. #condition
3. #increasingly
4. #plant
5. #oxygen
6. #continually
7. #morrie
8. #wither
9. #petals
10. #approaches
11. #deteriorates
12. #hibiscus
13. #death
14. #metaphor
15. #itself
16. #dependent
17. #aides