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Definition of Sorrel
1. Noun. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Oxalis
Specialized synonyms: Common Wood Sorrel, Cuckoo Bread, Oxalis Acetosella, Shamrock, Bermuda Buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis Cernua, Oxalis Pes-caprae, Creeping Oxalis, Creeping Wood Sorrel, Oxalis Corniculata, Goat's Foot, Goatsfoot, Oxalis Caprina, Oxalis Violacea, Violet Wood Sorrel, Oca, Oka, Oxalis Crenata, Oxalis Tuberosa
2. Adjective. Of a light brownish color.
3. Noun. Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Rumex, Rumex
Specialized synonyms: Garden Sorrel, Rumex Acetosa, Sour Dock, Rumex Acetosella, Sheep Sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel, Bitter Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Rumex Obtusifolius, Yellow Dock, French Sorrel, Garden Sorrel, Rumex Scutatus
4. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus
5. Noun. Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces.
Generic synonyms: Green, Greens, Leafy Vegetable
Group relationships: Garden Sorrel, Rumex Acetosa, Sour Dock
6. Noun. A horse of a brownish orange to light brown color.
Definition of Sorrel
1. a. Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
2. n. A yellowish or redish brown color.
3. n. One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
Definition of Sorrel
1. Noun. A kind of plant with acidic leaves, especially ''Rumex acetosa'' (common sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. ¹
2. Noun. A brown colour, with a tint of red. ¹
3. Adjective. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sorrel
1. a reddish brown color [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sorrel
1.
Of a yellowish or redish brown colour; as, a sorrel horse.
Origin: F. Saur, saure, OF. Sor, sore, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. Zoor dry, LG. Soor; the meaning probably coming from the colour of dry leaves. See Sear, and cf. Sorel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrel
Literary usage of Sorrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"sorrel COLOR IN HORSES Although It May Be Only a Light Chestnut, Evidence Indicates
that It Is Inherited Separately and Is Therefore a Distinct Unit—sorrel ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"CBP sorrel with curled Leaves. j. ACETOSA montana maxima. ... This Ь the common
sorrel ufed in Medicine ; but the Northern barren sorrel is preferred to it ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"sorrel is a perennial, with a tuft if radical leaves which are 4 in. or more
lorn?, and arrow-shaped at the base; its flower stalks are 2 ft. or more high, ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1857)
"Then there was an ear on which was broken up the past season, and the white the
side of the beam to hitch to. with a growth of "sorrel," now in full bloom. ..."
5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"While he was besieging Dover, Saer de Quincy had relieved Mount sorrel, ...
With the help of the army from Mount sorrel, the castle and its ..."
6. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"While he was besieging Dover, Saer de Quincy had relieved Mount sorrel, ...
With the help of the army from Mount sorrel, the castle and its ..."
7. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"While he was besieging Dover, Saer de Quincy had relieved Mount sorrel, ...
With the help of the army from Mount sorrel, the castle and its châtelaine were ..."
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