sorrel
Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especiallyAny of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
» A sorrel horse differs from a palomino mainly in that the latter has a white mane and tail.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
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щаве́льščavélʹ, ща́вельščávelʹ
ща́вельščávelʹ
Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
(countable, uncountable)Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
(countable, uncountable)Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
(countable, uncountable)The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
(countable, uncountable)A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
(countable, uncountable)A brown colour, with a tint of red.
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Examples
2 sentencesA sorrel horse differs from a palomino mainly in that the latter has a white mane and tail.
He's gone to harness the sorrel mare to go to Carmody for the doctor.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.
From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
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Forms
plural: sorrelsSynonyms
11 synonyms- large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces:common sorrel
- any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine:docksour grass
- any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis:oxaliswood 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:rosellerozellered sorrelJamaica sorrelHibiscus sabdariffa
Word family
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