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rosebay rhododendron
rosebay willow herb
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rosella
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rosella

ro·sel·la [ rō zéllə ] (plural ro·sel·las)


noun 
Definition:
 
brightly colored Australian parrot: a parrot with bright colorful feathers and a long graduated tail, sometimes kept as a cagebird. Native to: Australia.  Genus Platycercus.

[Early 19th century. Probably alteration of Rose Hiller, after Rose Hill, Parramatta, near Sydney, Australia]
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