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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. 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
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