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sorrel 音标拼音: [s'ɔrəl] a. 栗色的,栗色毛的
n. 栗色,栗色毛的动物,三岁的雄鹿 栗色的,栗色毛的栗色,栗色毛的动物,三岁的雄鹿 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 color Sorrel \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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