jamaica sorrel

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   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

   Synonymsrosellerozellesorrelred sorrelHibiscus sabdariffa

   Broaderhibiscus

Questions about jamaica sorrel

What does jamaica sorrel mean?

jamaica sorrel means "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".

What is another word for jamaica sorrel?

Close synonyms include roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jamaica sorrel a common word?

jamaica sorrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.