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Oxalis tuberosa vs sorrel

sorrel vs Oxalis tuberosa

Oxalis tuberosa and sorrel both are nouns.

Oxalis tuberosa is not an adjective while sorrel is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Oxalis tuberosa Yes No No No
sorrel Yes Yes No No
As nouns, sorrel is a hypernym of Oxalis tuberosa; that is, sorrel is a word with a broader meaning than Oxalis tuberosa:
  • Oxalis tuberosa: South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
  • sorrel: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
Other hypernyms of Oxalis tuberosa include oxalis, wood sorrel.
Oxalis tuberosa (noun) sorrel (noun)
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
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
Oxalis tuberosa (adjective) sorrel (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between Oxalis tuberosa and sorrel

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