sorrel
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- noun
- /ˈsɔrəl/
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aceder
- Most of the garlic looks good, and my year-old sorrel plants are back.
- wood sorrel
- sorrel leaves
- sheep sorrel
We conquer grape juice and red wine vinegar, and we also have sorrel.
- We conquer grape juice and red wine vinegar, and we also have sorrel.
- We had five major food groups and they were cereal, cereal, cereal, cereal and sorrel.
- Things like tarragon, golden oregano, lovage, sorrel, thyme even can do parts apart sun area.
Examples
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Herbs like parsley, dill, and sorrel were self-sowing and grew everywhere in impenetrable thickets.
Blog text (4) -
And he served us like the most amazing meal of my life, you know, and it started out with Latvian sorrel soup with braised hammocks.
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A woman carrying a basket of wild sorrel passes our table.
Fiction book (2001) -
Things like chickweed and sorrel, which has a lemony taste.
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Soon we were sitting in the promised pool, eating crackers and watching a squadron of bees inspect the blossoms of the pink-veined wood sorrel beneath the trees.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wildflowers include mountain sorrel (an evergreen), false lily of the valley, bluebead lily, and White Mountain aster.
Academic text (1998) -
Most of them died, but she brought the Gold Flume children up on the last day of school every year to see the rue and rosemary, the mint and sorrel, the aloe, clove, and balm.
Fiction book (1993) -
While she sliced sorrels and onions, split chicken breasts, melted butter, and mixed it with bread crumbs in saucepans the size of bathtubs.
Fiction book (1998) -
The slopes and low hills that fell gently toward the river only appeared welcoming; underneath vines, carpet grass, wild grape, hibiscus, and wood sorrel, the ground was as porous as a sieve.
Fiction book (1992) -
You may also want to add sorrel to your pot of mixed greens.
Synonyms
A leafy herb with sour pointed leaves used in salads and sauces
A plant with sour leaves used in salads and cooking
A small green herb with sour leaves used in salads and cooking
A plant with large sour leaves used in salads and spring greens
A small plant with arrow-shaped sour leaves often eaten in salads and growing in dry places
A small plant like clover with a sour taste that people eat as a green
A small plant with clover-like leaves and yellow or white flowers that grows in woods and meadows
A small plant with clover-like leaves and small yellow or pink flowers
Compounds
A small forest plant with three heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple veins
A small weed that grows close to the ground with leaves like a clover and small yellow flowers
A tropical plant with red flower parts people use to make drinks, jams, and sometimes fiber
A small plant with arrow-shaped sour leaves often eaten in salads and growing in dry places
A small plant with clover-like leaves and yellow or white flowers that grows in woods and meadows
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants like wood-sorrel with leaves divided into parts and flowers with five petals
How Sour
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sorrel comes from an old French word that meant 'sour', because the plant's leaves taste sharp and tart. So the name helps you remember that sorrel is the sour-tasting herb often used in salads.