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roselle

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Roselle,  IL  (village,  FIPS  65806) 
  Location:  41.98045  N,  88.08315  W 
  Population  (1990):  20819  (7398  housing  units) 
  Area:  11.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  60172 
  Roselle,  NJ  (borough,  FIPS  64620) 
  Location:  40.65215  N,  74.26081  W 
  Population  (1990):  20314  (7899  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  07203




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