Definition of Sorrel tree

1. Noun. Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves.

Exact synonyms: Oxydendrum Arboreum, Sourwood, Titi
Group relationships: Genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree

2. Noun. Australian tree with acid foliage.
Exact synonyms: Hibiscus Heterophyllus
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrel Tree

sorosis
sorosises
sorosite
sorostitute
sorostitutes
sorption
sorption detoxification
sorptions
sorptive
sorr
sorra
sorrance
sorrances
sorras
sorrel
sorrel tree (current term)
sorrels
sorrier
sorries
sorriest
sorrily
sorriness
sorrinesses
sorrow
sorrowe
sorrowed
sorrower
sorrowers
sorrowes
sorroweth

Literary usage of Sorrel tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SORREL, SORREL-TREE, SORREL VINE, etc., are the like names of several unrelated plants having acidulous or "sour" foliage. The field or sheep sorrel is the ..."

2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"It is called Sorrel-tree from the acidity of its leaves. The French, German, and Italian names signify Andromeda-tree, and Sorrel-tree. Engra-einge. ..."

3. J. M. Nickell's Botanical Ready Reference (1880)
"sorrel tree. sorrel tree Elk- wood. Elkwood. Elk Tree. Sour Leaf. Sour Tree. ... sorrel tree. Stagger Bush. Wicke. (Poison variety of Andromeda Arbórea. ..."

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