sorrel meaning

sorrel as a noun

1. any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

   Synonyms: oxalis, wood sorrel

   Type of: herb

   Kinds: common wood sorrel, Bermuda buttercup, creeping oxalis, goatsfoot, violet wood sorrel, oca

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

   Synonyms: dock, sour grass

   Type of: herb

   Kinds: sour dock, sheep sorrel, bitter dock, French sorrel

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

   Synonyms: roselle, rozelle, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa

   Type of: hibiscus

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

   Synonyms: common sorrel

   Type of: greens

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

   Type of: horse

sorrel as an adjective

1. of a light brownish color

   Synonyms: brownish-orange

   Similar: chromatic

How to pronounce sorrel

sorrel is pronounced /ˈsɔrəl/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with sorrel

• moral
• immoral
• quarrel
• oral
• coral
• floral
• aural
• goral
• choral
• laurel
• auroral
• balmoral