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English adjective: sorrel | |||
| 1. | sorrel of a light brownish color | ||
| Synonyms | brownish-orange | ||
| Similar | chromatic | ||
| Antonyms | achromatic, neutral | ||
English noun: sorrel | |||
| 1. | sorrel (plant) any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis | ||
| Synonyms | oxalis, wood sorrel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Bermuda buttercup, common wood sorrel, creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, English-weed, goat's foot, goatsfoot, oca, oka, Oxalis acetosella, Oxalis caprina, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis corniculata, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis violacea, shamrock, violet wood sorrel | ||
| Member meronym | genus Oxalis | ||
| 2. | sorrel (plant) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine | ||
| Synonyms | dock, sour grass | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, French sorrel, garden sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Rumex acetosella, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex scutatus, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel, sour dock, yellow dock | ||
| Member meronym | genus Rumex, Rumex | ||
| 3. | sorrel (plant) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hibiscus | ||
| 4. | sorrel (food) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces | ||
| Synonyms | common sorrel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | green, greens, leafy vegetable | ||
| Part meronym | garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa, sour dock | ||
| 5. | sorrel (animal) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Equus caballus, horse | ||
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