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Sorrel

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Noun

1. oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel

any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

2. dock, sorrel, sour grass

any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

3. hibiscus sabdariffa, jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel

East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

4. common sorrel, sorrel

large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

5. sorrel

a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

Adjective

6. brownish-orange, sorrel

of a light brownish color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sorrel

see synonyms of sorrel
noun
1. 
a. 
a light brown to brownish-orange colour
b. 
(as adjective)
a sorrel carpet
2. 
a horse of this colour
noun
1. 
any of several polygonaceous plants of the genus Rumex, esp R. acetosa, of Eurasia and North America, having acid-tasting leaves used in salads and sauces
See also dock4, sheep sorrel
2.  short for wood sorrel

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sorrel

see synonyms of sorrel
noun
1. 
any of various short, coarse weeds (genus Rumex) of the buckwheat family, with sour, edible leaves
see also dock4
2. 
wood sorrel
noun
1. 
light reddish brown
2. 
a horse or other animal of this color
adjective
3. 
light reddish-brown

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sorrel

see synonyms of sorrel
n.
1. Any of several plants of the genus Rumex that have sour leaves, especially the Eurasian species R. acetosa, sometimes grown for its edible leaves, and R. acetosella, widely naturalized worldwide. Also called dock4.
2. See oxalis.
n.
1. A brownish orange to light brown.
2. A sorrel-colored horse or other animal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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