sorrel meaning

• Adjective: sorrel  sorul
  1. Of a light brownish colour
     - brownish-orange
  Noun: sorrel  sorul
  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

  Sounds like: saurel

  Derived forms: sorrels

  See also: chromatic

  Type of: Equus caballus, green, greens, herb, herbaceous plant, hibiscus, horse, leafy vegetable

  Part of: garden sorrel, genus Oxalis, genus Rumex, Rumex, Rumex acetosa, sour dock

  Encyclopedia: Sorrel Sorrel, Tasmania

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  [Medicine]
  A plant genus of the family POLYGONACEAE that contains patientosides and other naphthalene glycosides.

• common sorrel:    Noun: common sorre ...
• french sorrel:    Noun: French sorre ...
• garden sorrel:    Noun: garden sorre ...

Examples

1. the sorrel easily won the race
2. upon a biological level, sorrel assists with cellular communication
3. sorrel will assist initiates in learning to commune with soul, earth and nature for guidance and healing
4. 4 cups fresh sorrel, washed, stemmed and center veins removed
5. Tear sorrel into thumb-size pieces and drop into sauce.