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Meaning of sorrel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sorrel
      adj 1: of a light brownish color [syn: {sorrel}, {brownish-
             orange}]
      n 1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: {oxalis},
           {sorrel}, {wood sorrel}]
      2: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots,
         sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn:
         {dock}, {sorrel}, {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 fiber [syn: {roselle},
         {rozelle}, {sorrel}, {red sorrel}, {Jamaica sorrel},
         {Hibiscus sabdariffa}]
      4: large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and
         sauces [syn: {sorrel}, {common sorrel}]
      5: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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