Sorrel (Noun)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Sour Grass
• Dock

Hypernyms

• Herb

Hyponyms

• Sour Dock
• Rumex Acetosa
• Rumex Scutatus
• French Sorrel
• Sheep Sorrel
• Bitter Dock
• Yellow Dock
• Rumex Obtusifolius
• Rumex Acetosella

Meaning ²

Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Wood Sorrel
• Oxalis

Hypernyms

• Herb

Hyponyms

• Oxalis Acetosella
• Oxalis Pes-caprae
• Oxalis Cernua
• Violet Wood Sorrel
• Shamrock
• Oxalis Corniculata
• Common Wood Sorrel
• Oxalis Crenata
• Bermuda Buttercup
• Goatsfoot
• Oxalis Caprina
• Oxalis Tuberosa
• Creeping Oxalis
• Oca

Meaning 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.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Rozelle
• Jamaica Sorrel
• Red Sorrel
• Roselle
• Hibiscus Sabdariffa

Hypernyms

• Hibiscus

Meaning ⁴

A horse of a brownish orange to light brown color.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Hypernyms

• Equus Caballus

Meaning ⁵

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

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

• Common Sorrel

Hypernyms

• Leafy Vegetable
• Green