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Sorrel : adj : of a light brownish color [syn: brownish-orange]
(noun)
1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: oxalis, wood
sorrel]
2: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots,
sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn: dock,
sour grass]
3: 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 [syn: roselle, rozelle,
red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa]
4: large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads
and sauces [syn: common sorrel]
5: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sorrel : \Sor"rel\, a. [F. saur, saure, OF. sor, sore, probably of
Teutonic origin; cf. D. zoor dry, LG. soor; the meaning
probably coming from the color of dry leaves. See Sear, a.,
and cf. Sorel.]
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sorrel : \Sor"rel\, n.
A yellowish or redish brown color.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sorrel : \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r
sour. See Sour.] (Bot.)
One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex
Acetosella, etc.
Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain.
Red sorrel. (Bot.)
(a) A malvaceous plant ({Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid
calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for
making tarts and acid drinks.
(b) A troublesome weed ({Rumex Acetosella), also called
sheep sorrel.
Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called
because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or
Rumex Axetosa.
Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum
arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and
have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.
Called also sourwood.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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