red sorrel

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Noun1.Red sorrel - East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiberred sorrel - 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
Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel
hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
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Still, that misdemeanour must be committed; and poor Silas, after peering all round the hedgerows, traversed the grass, beginning with perturbed vision to see Eppie behind every group of red sorrel, and to see her moving always farther off as he approached.
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He saw instead a foreground which was just as lovely--the level sunlight lying like transparent gold among the gently curving stems of the feathered grass and the tall red sorrel, and the white ambels of the hemlocks lining the bushy hedgerows.
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1ltr water 1 and 1/2 cup dried hibiscus flowers (red sorrel or reselle) 1 and 1/2 cup sugar
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