Definition of Sorrel

Adjective: sorrel  sor-ul [N. Amer], só-rul [Brit]

1. Of a light brownish colour
   - brownish-orange

Noun: sorrel  sor-ul [N. Amer], só-rul [Brit]

1. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
   - oxalis, wood sorrel
    
2. Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
   - dock, sour grass
    
3. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fibre
   - roselle, rozelle, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa
    
4. Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
   - common sorrel
    
5. A horse of a brownish orange to light brown colour

See also:
sorptive
sorrels

Anagrams containing the word sorrel

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