Sorrel Synonyms

sôrəl, sŏr-
Any of various short, coarse weeds (genus Rumex) of the buckwheat family, with sour, edible leaves
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dock
  2. oxalis
  3. wood-sorrel
  4. sour-grass
Of a light brownish color
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. red
  2. tawny
  3. roan
  4. sandy
  5. brownish-orange
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. roselle
  2. rozelle
  3. red sorrel
  4. Jamaica sorrel
  5. Hibiscus sabdariffa
Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. common sorrel

Words Related to Sorrel

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Sorrel Sentence Examples

  • It was a sorrel gelding named Red.

  • That's Roman wormwood--that's pigweed--that's sorrel--that's piper-grass--have at him, chop him up, turn his roots upward to the sun, don't let him have a fibre in the shade, if you do he'll turn himself t' other side up and be as green as a leek in two days.

  • The old count's horse, a sorrel gelding called Viflyanka, was led by the groom in attendance on him, while the count himself was to drive in a small trap straight to a spot reserved for him.

  • In the south, in the Julianehaab district, even flowering plants, such as aster, nemophilia and mignonette, are cultivated, and broccoli, spinach, sorrel, chervil, parsley, rhubarb, turnips, lettuce, radishes grow well.

  • Pernicious weeds - these include morning glory, sheep sorrel, ivy and several types of grasses.

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