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Adjective sorrel has 1 sense
- sorrel, brownish-orange - of a light brownish color
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
Noun sorrel has 5 senses
- oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of genus Oxalis
--1 has particulars: | | common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella; Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua; creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata; goatsfoot, goat's foot, Oxalis caprina; violet wood sorrel, Oxalis violacea; oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata |
- dock, sorrel, sour grass - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
--2 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--2 is a member of Rumex, genus Rumex
--2 has particulars:
- roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa - 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
--3 is a kind of hibiscus
- sorrel, common sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
--4 is a kind of greens, green, leafy vegetable
--4 is a part of sour dock, garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa
- sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
--5 is a kind of horse, Equus caballus
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