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sorrel vs goatsfoot

goatsfoot vs sorrel

sorrel and goatsfoot both are nouns.

sorrel is an adjective but goatsfoot is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sorrel Yes Yes No No
goatsfoot Yes No No No
As nouns, goatsfoot is a hyponym of sorrel; that is, goatsfoot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrel:
  • sorrel: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
  • goatsfoot: short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers
sorrel (noun) goatsfoot (noun)
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color short-stemmed South African plant with bluish 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) goatsfoot (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between sorrel and goatsfoot

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