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sorrel 音標拼音: [s'ɔrəl] a. 栗色的,栗色毛的
n. 栗色,栗色毛的動物,三歲的雄鹿 栗色的,栗色毛的栗色,栗色毛的動物,三歲的雄鹿 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 colorSorrel \ 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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