sorrel

[Sor·rel]

If you have a reddish brown horse, you can call it a sorrel. If your favorite riding boots are the same color as your horse, you can describe them as sorrel too.

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Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

Noun
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

Noun
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

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

Noun
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

Noun
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

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Adjective S.
of a light brownish color


a.
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

n.
A yellowish or redish brown color.

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


Sorrel

Sor"rel , 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.

Sorrel

Sor"rel , n. A yellowish or redish brown color.

Sorrel

Sor"rel, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. sr 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. 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.

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

A yellowish or redish brown color.

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

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