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sorrel vs common wood sorrel

common wood sorrel vs sorrel

sorrel and common wood sorrel both are nouns.

sorrel is an adjective but common wood sorrel is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sorrel Yes Yes No No
common wood sorrel Yes No No No
As nouns, common wood sorrel is a hyponym of sorrel; that is, common wood sorrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrel:
  • sorrel: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
  • common wood sorrel: Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
sorrel (noun) common wood sorrel (noun)
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
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
sorrel (adjective) common wood sorrel (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between sorrel and common wood sorrel

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