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rosella en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/ (UK)

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.

Meanings

1. A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands.
   • Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138:

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Deriveds

crimson rosella · smutty rosella · Tasmanian rosella · Brown's rosella · green rosella · northern rosella · western rosella · Adelaide rosella · eastern rosella · pale-headed rosella

Relateds

lorikeet

Synonyms

rosehill · rosehiller

Translations (4)

bg розела (parrot of the genus Platycercus) · cs rosela (parrot of the genus Platycercus) · cs rozela (parrot of the genus Platycercus) · fi rosella (parrot of the genus Platycercus)

rosella en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
   alt of roselle
   • [T]he rosella bush was coming in; the cricket-ball nuts on the baobabs were ripening. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 57:
   • Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:

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