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sorrel vs creeping oxalis

creeping oxalis vs sorrel

sorrel and creeping oxalis both are nouns.

sorrel is an adjective but creeping oxalis is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sorrel Yes Yes No No
creeping oxalis Yes No No No
As nouns, creeping oxalis is a hyponym of sorrel; that is, creeping oxalis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrel:
  • sorrel: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
  • creeping oxalis: creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan
sorrel (noun) creeping oxalis (noun)
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan
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) creeping oxalis (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between sorrel and creeping oxalis

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