sorrel

adj : of a light brownish color [syn: {brownish-orange}]

n 1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: {oxalis}, {wood

sorrel}]

2: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots,

sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn: {dock},

{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 [syn: {roselle}, {rozelle},

{red sorrel}, {Jamaica sorrel}, {Hibiscus sabdariffa}]

4: large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads

and sauces [syn: {common sorrel}]

5: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color