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sorrel

29 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) sorrel (noun)
  2. 2) sorrel (noun)
  3. sorrel dock (noun)
  4. sorrel family (noun)
  5. sorrel tree (noun)
  6. sorrel vine (noun)
  7. cow sorrel (noun)
  8. cuckoo sorrel (noun)
  9. field sorrel (noun)
  10. French sorrel (noun)
  11. garden sorrel (noun)
  12. gentleman's sorrel (noun)
  13. green sorrel (noun)
  14. horse sorrel (noun)
  15. Jamaica sorrel (noun)
  16. lady's-sorrel (noun)
  17. meadow sorrel (noun)
  18. mountain sorrel (noun)
  19. red sorrel (noun)
  20. salt of sorrel
  21. sheep sorrel (noun)
  22. switch sorrel (noun)
  23. toad sorrel (noun)
  24. vine sorrel (noun)
  25. violet wood sorrel (noun)
  26. white wood sorrel (noun)
  27. wood sorrel (noun)
  28. wood-sorrel family (noun)
  29. yellow wood sorrel (noun)

1sor·rel

noun \ˈsȯr-əl, ˈsär-\

Definition of SORREL

1
: a sorrel-colored animal; especially : a light bright chestnut horse often with white mane and tail — compare 1chestnut 4, 2bay 1
2
: a brownish orange to light brown

Origin of SORREL

Middle English sorel, noun & adjective, from Anglo-French, from sor red, auburn, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch soor dry, barren, Old English sēar dry — more at sere
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with SORREL

aural, chloral, choral, coral, floral, laurel, moral, oral, quarrel

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