sorrel

1. a. Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse. Source: opted

2. n. A yellowish or redish brown color. Source: opted

3. n. One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. Source: opted

4. adj. of a light brownish color Source: wordnet

5. n. any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis Source: wordnet

6. n. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine Source: wordnet

7. n. 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 Source: wordnet

8. n. large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces Source: wordnet

9. n. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color Source: wordnet

10. Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse. A yellowish or redish brown color. 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

11. j:32/n:68 n. large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces n. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color s. of a light brownish color Source: ecdict

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