sorrel 音标拼音: [s'ɔrəl]
a . 栗色的,栗色毛的
n . 栗色,栗色毛的动物,三岁的雄鹿
栗色的,栗色毛的栗色,栗色毛的动物,三岁的雄鹿
sorrel adj 1 :
of a light brownish color [
synonym : {
sorrel }, {
brownish -
orange }]
n 1 :
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [
synonym : {
oxalis },
{
sorrel }, {
wood sorrel }]
2 :
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots ,
sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [
synonym :
{
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 [
synonym : {
roselle },
{
rozelle }, {
sorrel }, {
red sorrel }, {
Jamaica sorrel },
{
Hibiscus sabdariffa }]
4 :
large sour -
tasting arrowhead -
shaped leaves used in salads and sauces [
synonym : {
sorrel }, {
common sorrel }]
5 :
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color Sorrel \
Sor "
rel \,
a . [
F .
saur ,
saure ,
OF .
sor ,
sore ,
probably of Teutonic origin ;
cf .
D .
zoor dry ,
LG .
soor ;
the meaning probably coming from the color of dry leaves .
See {
Sear },
a .,
and cf . {
Sorel }.]
Of a yellowish or redish brown color ;
as ,
a sorrel horse .
[
1913 Webster ]
Sorrel \
Sor "
rel \,
n .
A yellowish or redish brown color .
[
1913 Webster ]
Sorrel \
Sor "
rel \,
n . [
F .
surelle ,
fr .
sur sour ,
fr .
OHG .
s ?
r sour .
See {
Sour }.] (
Bot .)
One of various plants having a sour juice ;
especially ,
a plant of the genus {
Rumex },
as {
Rumex Acetosa }, {
Rumex Acetosella },
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sorrel ":
bay ,
bayard ,
beige ,
brown ,
brownish ,
brownish -
yellow ,
brunet ,
buckskin ,
calico pony ,
chestnut ,
chocolate ,
cinnamon ,
cocoa ,
cocoa -
brown ,
coffee ,
coffee -
brown ,
dapple -
gray ,
drab ,
dun ,
dun -
brown ,
dun -
drab ,
ecru ,
fawn ,
fawn -
colored ,
fuscous ,
gray ,
grege ,
grizzle ,
hazel ,
khaki ,
lurid ,
nut -
brown ,
olive -
brown ,
olive -
drab ,
paint ,
painted pony ,
piebald ,
pinto ,
roan ,
seal ,
seal -
brown ,
sepia ,
skewbald ,
snuff -
colored ,
tan ,
taupe ,
tawny ,
toast ,
toast -
brown ,
umber ,
umber -
colored ,
walnut ,
walnut -
brown ,
yellowish -
brown
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