roselle
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ro·selle
(rō-zĕl′)n.
A tropical African plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa) having flowers with yellow petals and a persistent, bright red calyx that has a pleasantly acid flavor and is used to make jelly and beverages.
[Origin unknown.]
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roselle
(rəʊˈzɛl)n
(Plants) an Indian flowering plant
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Noun | 1. | roselle - 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 hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus |
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