'Sorrel' definitions:
Definition of 'sorrel'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a light brownish color [syn: sorrel, brownish- orange]
noun
Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel]
noun
Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn: dock, sorrel, sour grass]
noun
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 [syn: roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa]
noun
Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces [syn: sorrel, common sorrel]
noun
A horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
Definition of 'Sorrel'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sorrel'
From: GCIDE
- Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. A yellowish or redish brown color. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sorrel'
From: GCIDE
- Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r sour. See Sour.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sorrel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Sorrel'
- Mountain sorrel,
- Red sorrel,
- Salt of sorrel,
- Sheep sorrel,
- Sorrel tree,
- Tree sorrel,
- Vine sorrel,
- Wood sorrel,
- common sorrel,
- french sorrel,
- garden sorrel,
- jamaica sorrel,
- salts of sorrel,
- sheep's sorrel,
- common wood sorrel,
- creeping wood sorrel,
- violet wood sorrel,
- sorrel brownish-orange,
- wood-sorrel family