sorrel

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. of a light brownish color

Similar word(s): chromatic

noun

1. any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Similar word(s): oxalis

Definition categories: plant, herb

2. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

Similar word(s): dock

Definition categories: plant, herb

3. 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

Similar word(s): roselle

Definition categories: plant, hibiscus

4. large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

Definition categories: food, green, greens

5. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

Definition categories: animal, horse

Sentences with sorrel as a noun:

- sorrel colour: