1. Of a light brownish colour
   "The sorrel sunset painted the sky";
   - brownish-orange

1. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
   "The sorrel in her garden had delicate pink blooms";
   - oxalis, wood sorrel
    
2. Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
   "Children often chewed on sorrel for its tart flavour";
   - dock, sour grass
    
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 fibre
   "sorrel is a popular ingredient in making refreshing drinks"; "red sorrel is a popular ingredient in making refreshing drinks"; "Jamaica sorrel is a popular ingredient in making refreshing drinks";
   - roselle, rozelle, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa
    
4. Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
   "The chef added common sorrel to the sauce for a tangy flavour";
   - common sorrel
    
5. A horse of a brownish orange to light brown colour
   "The sorrel mare grazed peacefully in the meadow"

Sounds like: sorceress, sorcsorrel, saurel

Derived forms: sorrels

See also: chromatic

Type of: Equus caballus, green, greens, herb, herbaceous plant, hibiscus, horse, hoss [US, informal], leafy vegetable

Part of: garden sorrel, genus Oxalis, genus Rumex, Rumex, Rumex acetosa, sour dock

Encyclopedia: Sorrel, Tasmania