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rosella [roh-zel-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of several large, colorful parakeets of the genus Platycercus, of Australia.
Origin of rosella First recorded in 1820–30; alteration of Rosehill, district in southeast Australia Examples from the Web for rosella Historical Examples of rosella
Rosella did not answer when Trevor ceased speaking, and there was a long silence.
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He was as new as an overnight daisy, and as destructible in Rosella’s hands.
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But no stress of weather could have kept Rosella at home that evening.
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And then it was, and thus it was, that Rosella took her resolve.
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Rosella did as she was told, but the ogress was so angry she was going to eat her.
Thomas Frederick Crane
British Dictionary definitions for rosella rosella noun
- any of various Australian parrots of the genus Platycercus, such as P. elegans (crimson rosella), often kept as cage birds
Word Origin for rosella C19: probably alteration of Rose-hiller, after Rose Hill, Parramatta, near Sydney