sabdariffa

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English

Noun

sabdariffa

  1. Hibiscus sabdariffa, the roselle, a Hibiscus species native to the Old World tropics.
    • 1850, Fanny Parkes Parlby, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque, page 316:
      The bark of the hibiscus cannabinus (hemp-leaved hibiscus), as well as that of the sabdariffa is made into cordage.

Latin

L'Obel, Plantarum Seu Stirpium Historia, 1576, describing Sabdariffa (top) and other plants.

Etymology

16th-century coinage of uncertain origins. Thought by some to come from a Jamaican word, and by others from a Turkish word.

Noun

sabdariffa f (genitive sabdariffae); first declension

  1. Hibiscus sabdariffa, the roselle, a Hibiscus species native to the Old World tropics.
    • 1576, Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), Plantarum Seu Stirpium Historia, page 375:
      Sabdariffa. Huc spectat perelegans & noua planta, quam quidam Sabdariffam vocãt. (Let us consider this very elegant and new plant that some call Sabdariffa.
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Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sabdariffa sabdariffae
genitive sabdariffae sabdariffārum
dative sabdariffae sabdariffīs
accusative sabdariffam sabdariffās
ablative sabdariffā sabdariffīs
vocative sabdariffa sabdariffae
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