hibiscus vs sorrel

sorrel vs hibiscus

hibiscus and sorrel both are nouns.

hibiscus is not an adjective while sorrel is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hibiscus	Yes	No	No	No
sorrel	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sorrel is a hyponym of hibiscus; that is, sorrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hibiscus:

hibiscus: any plant of the genus Hibiscus
sorrel: 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

Other hyponyms of hibiscus include bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, deccan hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, kanaf, kenaf, blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, Hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree, common rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, Hibiscus mutabilis, China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon, balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, Hibiscus trionum.

hibiscus (noun)	sorrel (noun)
any plant of the genus Hibiscus	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

hibiscus (adjective)	sorrel (adjective)
	of a light brownish color

Difference between hibiscus and sorrel

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