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sorrel vs violet wood sorrel

violet wood sorrel vs sorrel

sorrel and violet wood sorrel both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sorrel Yes Yes No No
violet wood sorrel Yes No No No
As nouns, violet wood sorrel is a hyponym of sorrel; that is, violet wood sorrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrel:
  • sorrel: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
  • violet wood sorrel: perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
sorrel (noun) violet wood sorrel (noun)
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple 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) violet wood sorrel (adjective)
of a light brownish color
Difference between sorrel and violet wood sorrel

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