sorrel
/sˈɔrʌl/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
of a light brownish color
Noun
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
Noun
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
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
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
Noun
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
Synonyms
brownish-orange
common sorrel
dock
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Jamaica sorrel
oxalis
red sorrel
roselle
rozelle
sour grass
wood sorrel
More General Terms
More Specific Terms
Bermuda buttercup
bitter dock
broad-leaved dock
common wood sorrel
creeping oxalis
creeping wood sorrel
cuckoo bread
English-weed
French sorrel
garden sorrel
goat''s foot
goatsfoot
oca
oka
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis cernua
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis violacea
Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosella
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex scutatus
shamrock
sheep sorrel
sheep''s sorrel
sour dock
violet wood sorrel
yellow dock