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RED SORREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red sorrel mean?
• RED SORREL (noun)
The noun RED SORREL has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: RED SORREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hibiscus sabdariffa; Jamaica sorrel; red sorrel; roselle; rozelle; sorrel
Hypernyms ("red sorrel" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
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