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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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Noun1.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 fiberroselle - 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 sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, rozelle, sorrel
hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
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