sorrel

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
3. (countable, uncountable) Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
4. (countable, uncountable) The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
5. (countable, uncountable) The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.

Adj

Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

Synonyms

dock

roselle

chestnut

🌰

common sorrel

rozelle

sour grass

oxalis

sour dock

bay

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Jamaica sorrel

brownish-orange

russet

wood sorrel

red sorrel

reddish-brown

oca

sheep’s sorrel

blue-dun

dun

florid

maroon

red

reddish

rouge

ruddy

Isabel

Isabella

Oxalis

red-brown

brownish-red

cinnamon-red

cuckoo bread

garden sorrel

Translations

oseille

acedera

Sauerampfer

zuring

rumex

Ampfer

sauro

lapathum

acetosa

agrella

roodbruin

acetosella

Rumex acetosa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒɹəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sorel

Cognate with Old English: sūre

Cognate with Icelandic: súra

Cognate with Dutch: zuring

Inherited from Middle English: *sorel

Cognate with Middle Dutch: soor

Cognate with Old High German: sōrēn

Cognate with Old English: sēar

In summary

From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.