ROSELLE

Roselle

The roselle is a species of Hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, used for the production of bast fibre and as an infusion. 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.

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roselle

Noun

  1. , an edible flower in the hibiscus family used in Mexican gastronomy to make the infusion agua de jamaica.
    I planted some roselle in the garden so I can start making my own hibiscus tea instead of relying on processed agua de jaimaica powders.


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