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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 Ro·selle /roˈzɛl/
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Ro·selle n. Bot. a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 roselle
      n : 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 [syn: rozelle, sorrel,
           red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa]