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sor·rel 1
(sôr′əl, sŏr′-)n.
1. Any of several plants of the genus Rumex that have sour leaves, especially the Eurasian species R. acetosa, sometimes grown for its edible leaves, and R. acetosella, widely naturalized worldwide. Also called dock4.
2. See oxalis.
[Middle English sorel, from Old French surele, from sur, sour, of Germanic origin.]
sor·rel 2
(sôr′əl, sŏr′-)n.
1. A brownish orange to light brown.
2. A sorrel-colored horse or other animal.
[From Middle English sorel, sorrel-colored, from Old French, from sor, red-brown, of Germanic origin.]
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sorrel
(ˈsɒrəl)n
1. (Colours)
a. a light brown to brownish-orange colour
b. (as adjective): a sorrel carpet.
2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse of this colour
[C15: from Old French sorel, from sor a reddish brown, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch soor desiccated]
sorrel
(ˈsɒrəl)n
1. (Plants) any of several polygonaceous plants of the genus Rumex, esp R. acetosa, of Eurasia and North America, having acid-tasting leaves used in salads and sauces. See also dock4, sheep sorrel
2. (Plants) short for wood sorrel
[C14: from Old French surele, from sur sour, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sūr sour]
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sor•rel1
(ˈsɔr əl, ˈsɒr-)n.
1. light reddish brown.
2. a horse of this color, often with a light-colored mane and tail.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Old French sorel=sor brown (< Germanic) + -el diminutive suffix; see -elle]
sor•rel2
(ˈsɔr əl, ˈsɒr-)n.
1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, having edible acid leaves used in salads, sauces, etc.
2. any of various wood sorrels with sour juice.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Old French surele=sur sour (< Germanic; see sour) + -el diminutive suffix; see -elle]
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| Noun | 1. |  sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalisherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Oxalis - type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella, shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae - South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata - creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan Oxalis violacea, violet wood sorrel - perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers oca, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis tuberosa, oka - South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers |
| 2. |  sorrel - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicineherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Rumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel - small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock - European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus - low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves | |
| 3. |  sorrel - East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiberhibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus | |
| 4. |  sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and saucesgreens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables Rumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens | |
| 5. | sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | |
| Adj. | 1. | sorrel - of a light brownish color chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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