rosella

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.

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. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138

Etymology 2

noun

1. 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. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122