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Town next to Elizabeth, N.J.
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roselle
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Word definitions for roselle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roselle \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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Roselle ( Hibiscus sabdariffa ) is a species of Hibiscus native to West Africa, used for the production of bast fibre and as an infusion , in which it may be known as carcade . It is an annual or perennial herb or woody-based subshrub , growing to tall. ...
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 21274 Housing Units (2000): 7870 Land area (2000): 2.643113 sq. miles (6.845630 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.010425 sq. miles (0.027000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.653538 sq. miles (6.872630 sq. km) FIPS code: 64620 Located within: New ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (taxlink Hibiscus sabdariffa species noshow=1), an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make (w: hibiscus tea), also known as ''agua de jamaica'' or sorrel.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
Usage examples of roselle.
Roselle, Roselle who already possessed a dozen French dolls, and would probably possess as many more before her doll days were over, while Nellie-- With a swift movement Polly Ann dropped the doll back into the box, and picked up the other one.
She also begged to thank Cousin Margaret for the doll so kindly sent Roselle and for the red mittens sent to Paul.
But Roselle sat on a gate smiling at Metzel and waving her handkerchief till the soldier-peasants were out of sight.
He came at a time when the women, Roselle among them, were gathering in the hay.
It would probably be Jane Roselle coming to collect the delphiniums she had promised to have ready for her.
It was Jane Roselle, apologising and asking if it would be all right if she collected the flowers she had ordered in the morning.
Roman days and earlier - Vetulonia and Montepescali, Roselle and Vallerona, the mountain named Elmo with Acquapendente beyond it, and the hill town of Orvieto, perhaps the loveliest of them all.
He was pastor of the Presbyterian church of Roselle, New Jersey, 1869-1874, and professor of Hebrew and cognate languages in Union Theological Seminary 1874-1891, and of Biblical theology there from 1891 to 1904, when he became professor of theological encyclopaedia and symbolics.
It would probably be Jane Roselle coming to collect the delphiniums she had promised to have ready for her.
I was going home on the late train to Roselle Park, and this girl came in, sat across the aisle from me, put her feet up, and began to fan herself with her skirt.