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語源 1

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.

名詞

rosella (plural rosellas)

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. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: rosehill, rosehiller

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138:

     Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.

派生語

参考

• lorikeet

参照

• Platycercus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platycercus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Platycercus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

語源 2

名詞

rosella (countable and uncountable, plural rosellas)

1. Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:

     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.

アナグラム

• loreals