"roselle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹəʊˈzɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹoʊˈzɛl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-roselle.ogg [US] Forms: roselles [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel; perhaps compare also sorrel. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|fr|oseille}} French oseille Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} roselle (countable and uncountable, plural roselles)
  1. Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea. Wikipedia link: Arthur Coke Burnell, Henry Yule, Hobson-Jobson, John Murray (publishing house), William Crooke Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Mallow subfamily plants Synonyms: bissap, jamaica, putwa [India], Guinea sorrel, red sorrel, sorrel, rosella Related terms: sorrel Translations (Hibiscus sabdariffa): كركديه (karkadē) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), da (Bambara), dabilen (Bambara), ချဉ်ပေါင် (hkyanypaung) (Burmese), 洛神花 (lok⁶ san⁴ faa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), oseille de Guinée [feminine] (French), follere (Fula), Hibiskus [masculine] (German), Roselle [feminine] (German), Afrikanische Malve [feminine] (German), soɓarodo (Hausa), rosela (Indonesian), rosella (Indonesian), carcadè [masculine] (Italian), ローゼル (rōzeru) (Japanese), ສົ້ມພໍດີ (som phǭ dī) (Lao), ဂစေပ် (gacep) (Mon), èmagi (Nupe), vinagreira [feminine] (Portuguese), rosela [feminine] (Portuguese), azedinha [feminine] (Portuguese), caruru-azedo [masculine] (Portuguese), baguitche [Guinea-Bissau, masculine] (Portuguese), trandafirul de Abisinia [masculine] (Romanian), ၽၵ်းသူမ်ႈပူ (phák sūum pǔu) (Shan), သူမ်ႈပူ (sūum pǔu) (Shan), jamaica [feminine] (Spanish), กระเจี๊ยบเปรี้ยว (Thai), กระเจี๊ยบแดง (Thai), กระเจี๊ยบ (grà-jíiap) (Thai), cây quế mầu (Vietnamese), cây bụp giấm (Vietnamese), cây bụt giấm (Vietnamese), suran goch [feminine] (Welsh), bisaab (Wolof), ìṣápá (Yoruba)

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      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "sūum pǔu",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "သူမ်ႈပူ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jamaica"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "กระเจี๊ยบเปรี้ยว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "กระเจี๊ยบแดง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-jíiap",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "กระเจี๊ยบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "cây quế mầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "cây bụp giấm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "cây bụt giấm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suran goch"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "bisaab"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Hibiscus sabdariffa",
      "word": "ìṣápá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roselle"
}

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