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roselle
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.
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
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]
Gazetteer
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 Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.653502 N, 74.260584 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07203
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Headwords:
Roselle
Housing Units (2000): 8552
Land area (2000): 5.374171 sq. miles (13.919038 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.016806 sq. miles (0.043528 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.390977 sq. miles (13.962566 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65806
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.980569 N, 88.085438 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60172
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Headwords:
Roselle
Wikipedia
Roselle may refer to:
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Roselle (plant), a species of hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
- A drink made from that plant, also called " Hibiscus tea"
- USS Roselle (AM-379)
- USS Roselle (SP-350), a ship that served both as a tug and as minesweeper
Roselle is the name of:
In geography:
- Roselle, Italy - site of the Etruscan town of Rusellae
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Roselle, Illinois
- Roselle (Metra)
- Roselle, New Jersey
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Roselle Park, New Jersey
- Roselle Park (NJT station)
- Roselle Township, Carroll County, Iowa
In education:
- Roselle Catholic High School
- Roselle Park High School
- Roselle Public Schools
- Roselle Park School District
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. The leaves are deeply three- to five-lobed, long, arranged alternately on the stems.
The flowers are in diameter, white to pale yellow with a dark red spot at the base of each petal, and have a stout fleshy calyx at the base, wide, enlarging to , fleshy and bright red as the fruit matures. They take about six months to mature.
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.