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单词 sorrel
释义

sorrel1 /sorˈl/

noun
  1. Any of the acid-tasting species of herbs of the dock genus, Rumex (common sorrel R. acetosa; sheep's sorrel R. acetosella; French or Roman sorrel R. scutatus) or the related Oxyria digyna (mountain sorrel)
  2. Applied also to other plants such as roselle and wood sorrel
ORIGIN: OFr sorele, surele (Fr surelle), from sur sour, from OHGer sûr (Ger sauer) sour

sorrel tree noun

The sourwood (qv)

salts of sorrel

A very poisonous combination of potassium acid oxalate and oxalic acid

sorrel2 /sorˈl/

adjective

Reddish-brown or light chestnut

noun
  1. A reddish-brown colour
  2. A sorrel horse
  3. (also sorel or sorell /sōrˈel or sörˈ/; Shakespeare) a buck in its third year
ORIGIN: OFr sorel, from sor (Fr saur, saure) sorrel; poss LGer; cf sore2
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