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Roselle

//ɹəʊˈzɛl// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name.
  3. 3
    A borough of Union County, New Jersey, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea. countable, uncountable

    "I planted some roselle in the garden so I can start making my own hibiscus tea instead of relying on processed agua de jaimaica powders."

  2. 2
    East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber wordnet

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel; perhaps compare also sorrel.

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