sorrel

Meanings

Plural: sorrels

Noun

any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
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
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
A brown colour, with a tint of red.

Adjective Satellite

of a light brownish color

Adj

Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

brownish-orange, common sorrel, dock, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, oxalis, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sour grass, wood sorrel

Scrabble Score: 6

sorrel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sorrel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sorrel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sorrel is a valid Words With Friends word