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Look up: Sorrel

  1. Sorrel
    Bright green herb with a lemony flavor. Used in soups, or added to salads in place of vinegar or lemon juice.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  2. sorrel
    [adj] - of a light brownish color 2. [n] - large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces 3. [n] - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. sorrel
    any acid-leaved plant of the dock family,especially Rumex acetosa,used in salads and for flavouring Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the Red Abyssinian is known in the United States as --. Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Sorrel
    Sor'rel adjective [ French saur , saure , Old French sor , sore , probably of Teutonic origin; confer Dutch zoor dry, LG. soor ; the meaning probably coming from the color of dry leaves. See Sear ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/147

  5. Sorrel
    Sor'rel noun A yellowish or redish brown color.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/147

  6. Sorrel
    Sor'rel noun [ French surelle , from sur sour, from Old High German s...r sour. See Sour .] (Botany) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex , as Rumex Acetosa ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/147

  7. sorrel
    Of a yellowish or redish brown colour; as, a sorrel horse. ... Origin: F. Saur, saure, OF. Sor, sore, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. Zoor dry, LG. Soor; the meaning probably coming from the colour of dry leaves. See Sear, and cf. Sorel. ... <botany> One of various plants having a sour jui...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. sorrel
    brownish-orange adjective of a light brownish color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. sorrel
    common sorrel noun large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. sorrel
    noun a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Sorrel
    • (n.) A yellowish or redish brown color. • (n.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. • (a.) Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. sorrel
    any of several hardy perennial herbs of the Polygonaceae, or buckwheat, family that are widely distributed in temperate regions. Sheep sorrel (Rumex ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/128

  13. Sorrel
    Sorrel is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Sour Tasting Plant` Where is it used? The name Sorrel is mainly used In English. The name Sorrel doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Sorrel seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Sor

  14. sorrel
    • any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
    • any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
    • 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
    • large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
    • a horse of a b...
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    • sorrel
      sorrel, name for several plants, particularly species of dock (see buckwheat) and oxalis.
      Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09189

    • Sorrel
      Sorrel (Rumex) is a genus biennial and perennial herbs of the family Polygonaceae that includes the Docks. The two smallest of the British species have leaves that are used in salad. The stems are upright and grow to about 0.5 metres. An Italian species, Rumex patientia is sometimes grown as a herb.
      Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

    • sorrel
      Any of several plants belonging to the buckwheat family. R. acetosa is grown for its bitter salad leaves. Dock plants are of the same genus. (Genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae.)
      Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

    • Sorrel
      A reddish or copper-red body with mane and tail the same color as the body
      Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor

    • sorrel
      A plant that has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems. It may have anticancer effects. The scientific name is Rumex acetosella. Also called dock and sheep sorrel.
      Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=

    • Sorrel
      :"Narrow-leaved sorrel" and variants redirect here. These terms may also refer to curled dock (R. crispus). `Common sorrel` or `garden sorrel` (`Rumex acetosa`), often simply called `sorrel`, is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable (po...
      Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrel

    • Sorrel
      (horse) `Sorrel` is an alternative word for one of the most common equine coat colors in horses. While the term is usually used to refer to a copper-red shade of chestnut, in some places it is used generically in place of "chestnut" to refer to any reddish horse with a same-color or...
      Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrel



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