sorrel

plural sorrels

1. countableuncountableAny member of species of the genus Rumex of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
   1. countableuncountablecommon sorrel or garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.

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      At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.

      2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2013, Dining & Wine

2. countableuncountableAny member of species of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
3. countableuncountableA roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
   1. countableuncountableA drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.

      Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.

      2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390

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      Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.

      2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations, →ISBN, page 56

      For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.

      2009, C. C. Alick, Dancing with the Yumawalli: Inspired by True Events, page 62

plural sorrels

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

   Synonyms: chestnut

1. not comparableOf a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

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   A little harmless gossip ensued on various themes, such as where old Aunt Sally got her new red head-kerchief, and how "Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she 'd got her new berage made up;" and how Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place.

   1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 4, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 50

1. A female given name.