rosella

noun

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.”

2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

   “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.”

   “[T]he rosella bush was coming in; the cricket-ball nuts on the baobabs were ripening.”