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Definition sorrel

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
   1. Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
   2. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
   3. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
2. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *sorel, from Old French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Old French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German s?r?n (“to become dry”), and Old English s?ar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

1. A brown colour, with a tint of red.

Adjective

sorrel (not comparable)

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

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