SORREL • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Sorrel

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/sˈɔrəl/ Listen

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.

See images of 'Sorrel'

Etymology of 'Sorrel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Sorrel" Quotes from Famous Books

... tree had been broken off about five feet from the ground, and becoming hollow within, was filled with the decay of its own substance. In this wood-sorrel had taken root, and flower and leaf covered the space within, white flower and green leaf flourishing on old age. The wood-sorrel leaf, the triune leaf, is perhaps more lovely even than the flower, ...

— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies

... plaster, wood, &c. On metals a green bronze colour is sometimes produced by the action of such substances as vinegar, dilute nitric acid and sal-ammoniac. An antique appearance may be given to new bronze articles by brushing over the clean bright metal with a solution of sal-ammoniac and salt of sorrel in vinegar, and rubbing the surface dry, the operation being repeated as often as necessary. Another solution for the same purpose is made with sal-ammoniac, cream of tartar, common salt and silver nitrate. With a solution of platinic ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... plan of the trenches at Hill 60 will give some idea of the extraordinary place it was. Whilst the German line ran solid along the top of the ridge, there were two complete gaps in the British fire trenches between Hill 60 and Mount Sorrel on the left. On paper it looks as if there were nothing to stop the German from walking across and behind our lines whenever he chose. But I imagine that these empty spaces were covered by machine-gun posts, and that the artillery were ready to deal with any attempt of that sort. ...

— Q.6.a and Other places - Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 • Francis Buckley

... Sorrel may be a colour name, but it was applied in venery to a buck in the third year, of course in reference to colour; and some of our names, e.g. Brocket and Prickett, [Footnote: Both words are connected with the ...

— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley

... Washington rode a splendid sorrel charger, white-faced and white-footed, named Nelson, and "remarkable as the first nicked horse seen in America." The general cherished this fine animal with strong affection. "This famous charger died at Mount Vernon many years ...

— From Farm House to the White House • William M. Thayer

More quotes...