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sorrel

/ˈsɔɹəl/ noun C2
  1. Any member of species of the genus Rumex of various plants with acidic leaves, especially (countable, uncountable)
  2. common sorrel or garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Any member of species of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. (countable, uncountable)

Plural sorrels

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I can in the sorrel sit
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
And yet here was Matthew Cuthbert, at half-past three on the afternoon of a busy day, placidly driving over the hollow and up the hill; moreover, he wore a white collar and his best suit of clothes, which was plain proof that he was going out of Avonlea; and he had the buggy and the sorrel mare, which betokened that he was going a considerable distance.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 2 · C1
Yet what of Matthew’s white collar and the sorrel mare?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 5 · C1
MATTHEW Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 11 · C1

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