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sheep sorrel vs sorrel

sorrel vs sheep sorrel

sheep sorrel and sorrel both are nouns.

sheep sorrel is not an adjective while sorrel is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sheep sorrel Yes No No No
sorrel Yes Yes No No
As nouns, sorrel is a hypernym of sheep sorrel; that is, sorrel is a word with a broader meaning than sheep sorrel:
  • sheep sorrel: small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places
  • sorrel: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Other hypernyms of sheep sorrel include dock, sour grass.
sheep sorrel (noun) sorrel (noun)
small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places 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
sheep sorrel (adjective) sorrel (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between sheep sorrel and sorrel

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