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countable and uncountable, plural sorrels
Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. examples
Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels. examples
The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa. examples
A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. quotations examples
Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.
2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations, page 56
For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.
2009, C. C. Alick, Dancing with the Yumawalli: Inspired by True Events, page 62
Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.
2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390
A brown colour, with a tint of red. examples
not comparable
Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse) examples