sorrel

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sorrel Definition

• (n) any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
• (n) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
• (n) 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
• (n) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
• (n) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
• (s) of a light brownish color

sorrel Synonyms

• brownish-orange
• common sorrel
• dock
• Hibiscus sabdariffa
• Jamaica sorrel
• oxalis
• red sorrel
• roselle
• rozelle
• sorrel
• sour grass
• wood sorrel