SORREL

sorrel, brownish-orange

(adjective) of a light brownish color

sorrel

(noun) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

sorrel, common sorrel

(noun) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa

(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

dock, sorrel, sour grass

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

oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel

(noun) any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially

Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.

Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.

The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.

A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.

Etymology 2

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

A brown colour, with a tint of red.

Adjective

sorrel (not comparable)

Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

Source: Wiktionary

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Sor"rel, a. Etym: [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.]

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

Sor"rel, n.

Definition: A yellowish or redish brown color.

Sor"rel, n. Etym: [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s sour. See Sour.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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