sorrel (n.)

  1. any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

    [ Syn: oxalis , wood sorrel ]

  2. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

    [ Syn: 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 fiber

    [ Syn: roselle , rozelle , red sorrel , jamaica sorrel , hibiscus sabdariffa ]

  4. large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

    [ Syn: common sorrel ]

  5. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

    sorrel (adj.)

  1. of a light brownish color

    [ Syn: brownish-orange ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.