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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sorrel has 5 senses

sorrel(n = noun.plant) oxalis, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis;

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus oxalis

has particulars: 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

sorrel(n = noun.plant) dock, sour grass - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine;

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus rumex, rumex

has particulars: garden sorrel, rumex acetosa, sour dock, rumex acetosella, sheep's sorrel, sheep sorrel, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock, french sorrel, garden sorrel, rumex scutatus

sorrel(n = noun.plant) hibiscus sabdariffa, jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle - 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;

is a kind of hibiscus

sorrel(n = noun.food) common sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces;

is a kind of green, greens, leafy vegetable

is a part of garden sorrel, rumex acetosa, sour dock

sorrel(n = noun.animal) - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color;

is a kind of

equus caballus

horse

Adjective sorrel has 1 sense

sorrel(s = adj.all) brownish-orange - of a light brownish color;

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sorrel, a. [F. saur, saure, OF. sor, sore, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. zoor dry, LG. soor; the meaning probably coming from the color of dry leaves. See Sear, a., and cf. Sorel.].

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse. [1913 Webster]

sorrel, n.

A yellowish or redish brown color. [1913 Webster]

sorrel, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. sr sour. See Sour.].

One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. [1913 Webster]

Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain. -- Red sorrel. (Bot.) (a) A malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks. (b) A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel. -- Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa. -- Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood. -- Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sorrel, n. any acid-leaved herb of the genus Rumex, used in salads and for flavouring.

sorrel, adj. & n.
--adj. of a light reddish-brown colour.
--n.
1 this colour.
2 a sorrel animal, esp. a horse.
3 Brit. a sorel.

Etymology

ME f. OF sorel f. sor yellowish f. Frank.

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THESAURUS

sorrel

bay, bayard, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, buckskin, calico pony, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dapple-gray, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, gray, grege, grizzle, hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, paint, painted pony, piebald, pinto, roan, seal, seal-brown, sepia, skewbald, snuff-colored, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

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Redness

N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.

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