sorrel

sor·rel ¹

S0103900 (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.

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[Middle English sorel, from Old French surele, from sur, sour, of Germanic origin.]

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sor·rel ²

S0103900 (sôr′əl, sŏr′-)n.1. A brownish orange to light brown.2. A sorrel-colored horse or other animal.

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[From Middle English sorel, sorrel-colored, from Old French, from sor, red-brown, of Germanic origin.]

sorrel

(ˈsɒrəl) n1. (Colours) a. a light brown to brownish-orange colourb. (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]

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sorrel

(ˈsɒrəl) n1. (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 sorrel2. (Plants) short for wood sorrel[C14: from Old French surele, from sur sour, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sūr sour]

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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalisoxalis, wood sorrelherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Oxalis - type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbelscommon wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella, shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowersBermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae - South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowerscreeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata - creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitangoat's foot, goatsfoot, Oxalis caprina - short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowersOxalis violacea, violet wood sorrel - perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowersoca, 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 medicinesour grass, dockherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regionsRumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greensRumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel - small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry placesbitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock - European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North AmericaFrench 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 sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozellehibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
	4.	sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and saucescommon sorrelgreens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetablesRumex 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 colorEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adj.	1.	sorrel - of a light brownish colorbrownish-orangechromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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