Meaning of 'sorrel'

adjective

of a light brownish color

Synonyms: brownish-orange

noun

a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

noun

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

Synonyms: common sorrel

noun

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: roselle rozelle red sorrel

noun

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

Synonyms: dock

noun

any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Synonyms: oxalis wood sorrel