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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.
Group relationships: Genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
2. Noun. Australian tree with acid foliage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrel Tree
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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