JAMAICA SORREL

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Hibiscus sabdariffa; Jamaica sorrel; red sorrel; roselle; rozelle; sorrel

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Jamaica sorrel" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

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