Sorrel

a.	1.	Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
n.	1.	A yellowish or redish brown color.
	1.	(Bot.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. Mountain sorrel (Bot.) See under Mountain. Red sorrel a - (Bot.) A malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks b - A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel. Salt of sorrel (Chem.) binoxalate of potassa; - so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa. Sorrel tree (Bot.) a small ericaceous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood. Wood sorrel (Bot.) any plant of the genus Oxalis.

Noun	1.	sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis Synonyms: oxalis, wood sorrel
	2.	sorrel - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine Synonyms: sour grass, dock
	3.	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 Synonyms: Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle
	4.	sorrel - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces Synonyms: common sorrel
	5.	sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
Adj.	1.	sorrel - of a light brownish color Synonyms: brownish-orange

bay, bayard, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, buckskin, calico pony, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dapple-gray, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, gray, grege, grizzle, hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, paint, painted pony, piebald, pinto, roan, seal, seal-brown, sepia, skewbald, snuff-colored, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

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