Etymology

agua de jamaica

Today it means: A beverage made from the roselle plant's sepals, usually an infusion or a soda. Full definition →

Spanish agua de jamaica
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromagua de jamaica
  2. English todayagua de jamaica

From Spanish agua de jamaica, literally "water of roselle".

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