Definition of Sorrel

1. Noun. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.


2. Adjective. Of a light brownish color.
Exact synonyms: Brownish-orange
Similar to: Chromatic

3. Noun. Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.

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.

5. Noun. Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces.
Exact synonyms: Common Sorrel
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.
Generic synonyms: Equus Caballus, Horse

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. One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. Mountain sorrel. Any plant of the genus Oxalis. Origin: F. Surelle, fr. Sur sour, fr. OHG. Sr sour. See Sour. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrel

sororize
sororized
sororizes
soroses
sorosis
sorosis
sorosises
sorption
sorption
sorptions
sorption detoxification
sorptive
sorra
sorras
sorrel (current term)
sorrel (current term)
sorrels
sorrel tree
sorrier
sorriest
sorrily
sorriness
sorrinesses
sorrow
sorrowed
sorrower
sorrowers
sorrowful
sorrowfully
sorrowfulness

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