Sorrel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any of various plants of the genus Oxalis, having usually compound leaves with three leaflets.
  • n. A brownish orange to light brown.
  • n. A sorrel-colored horse or other animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A kind of plant with acidic leaves, especially Rumex acetosa (common sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
  • n. A brown colour, with a tint of red.
  • adj. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of a yellowish or redish brown color.
  • n. A yellowish or redish brown color.
  • n. One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of several species of the genus Rumex, smaller plants than the docks of the same genus, having the leaves typically halberd-shaped, more or less succulent, and impregnated with oxalic acid.
  • n. A plant of the genus Oxalis, more properly called wood-sorrel (see cuts under Oxalis and obcordate): the name is also extended to other plants of different genera (see phrases)
  • n. The sheep-sorrel: probably from the red male inflorescence.
  • Of a yellowish-or reddish-brown color.
  • n. A color between a reddish and a yellowish brown.
  • n. An animal of a sorrel color; especially, a sorrel horse.
  • n. A buck of the third year. Compare sore, n., 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
  • n. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
  • adj. of a light brownish color
  • n. large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
  • n. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
  • 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
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