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Noun Sorrel has 5 senses
- sorrel(n = noun.plant) oxalis, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
- 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; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
- 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; Array is a kind of hibiscus
- sorrel(n = noun.food) common sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces; Array is a kind of green, greens, leafy vegetable
- sorrel(n = noun.animal) Array - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color; Array is a kind of equus caballus, horse
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
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
is a part of garden sorrel, rumex acetosa, sour dock
Adjective Sorrel has 1 sense
- sorrel(s = adj.all) brownish-orange - of a light brownish color; Array
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]
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.
--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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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-brownROGET THESAURUS
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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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