sorrel

sor·rel ¹  (sôrl, sr-)

n.

1. Any of several plants of the genus Rumex, having acid-flavored leaves sometimes used as salad greens, especially R. acetosella, a widely naturalized Eurasian species. Also called dock⁴.

2. Any of various plants of the genus Oxalis, having usually compound leaves with three leaflets.

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[Middle English sorel, from Old French surele, from sur, sour, of Germanic origin.]

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sor·rel ²  (sôrl, sr-)

n.

1. A brownish orange to light brown.

2. A sorrel-colored horse or other animal.

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[From Middle English sorel, sorrel-colored, from Old French, from sor, red-brown, of Germanic origin.]

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sorrel

Noun

a plant with bitter-tasting leaves which are used in salads and sauces [Old French surele]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis oxalis, wood sorrel herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Oxalis - type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella, shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae - South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata - creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan goat's foot, goatsfoot, Oxalis caprina - short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers Oxalis violacea, violet wood sorrel - perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers oca, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis tuberosa, oka - South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
	2.	sorrel - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine sour grass, dock herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Rumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel - small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock - European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus - low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
	3.	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, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
	4.	sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces common sorrel greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables Rumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
	5.	sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adj.	1.	sorrel - of a light brownish color brownish-orange chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

sorrel [ˈsɔrəl] n (BOT) → acedera

sorrel [ˈsɔrəl] n → oseille f

sorrel [ˈsɔrəl] n (Bot) → (großer) Sauerampfer m

sorrel [ˈsɔrəl] n → acetosa