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noun

Sorrel n. A yellowish or redish brown color.

Sorrel n. (Bot.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.

Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain.

Red sorrel. (Bot.)

(a)

A malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks.

(b)

A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel.

Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa.

Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood.

Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.

adjective

Sorrel adj. Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

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"Sorrel" Quotes from Famous Books

... or wood-sorrel, should not be overlooked. The yellow, which is found everywhere, is so common as to be unappreciated; but the white, with petals streaked with red lines, is very pretty: it is found in deep, cold woods in Massachusetts ...

— Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... not much difficulty in tracking him; he had left his foot- mark and gone slowly up the winding footpath through the wood. Here he had rooted up the moss and wood sorrel. There he had dug quite a deep hole for dog darnel; and had set a mole trap. A little stream crossed the way. Benjamin skipped lightly over dry-foot; the badger's heavy steps showed plainly in ...

— A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories • Beatrix Potter

... corner turned. DIVES, bright sorrel, ridden by the fellow in a yellow jacket, begins to make play fast; is getting to be the favourite with many. But who is that other one that has been lengthening his stride from the first, and now shows ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... late, Adam," said the monk, loosening the belt he was accustomed to wear when riding, which had become damp. "The storm overtook us on the way. The rolling and flashing overhead made the sorrel horse almost tear Gotz's hands off the wrists. Three steps sideways and one forward—so it has grown late, and you can't shoe the ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... alien, one of a carload of horses shipped in from Arizona the summer before. He was a bright sorrel, with the silvery mane and tan and white feet which one so seldom sees—a beauty, none could deny. His temper was not ...

— The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories • B. M. Bower

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