Sorrel (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, is a perennial herb cultivated as a leaf vegetable.
Sorrel may also refer to:
Plants
[edit]- Averrhoa bilimbi or tree sorrel, a fruit-bearing tree
- Oxalidaceae, family of plants known as the woodsorrel family
- Oxalis, largest genus in the Oxalidaceae, known as woodsorrels, particularly:
- Oxalis enneaphylla, scurvy-grass sorrel
- Oxalis oregana, redwood sorrel
- Oxyria digyna, alpine sorrel or mountain sorrel
- Roselle (plant) (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as Jamaican sorrel, and in the Caribbean simply as "sorrel"
- Rumex, genus of plants containing species known as sorrels, particularly:
- Rumex acetosella, sheep's sorrel
- Rumex scutatus, French sorrel
- Sourwood or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), a tree native to North America
Characters
[edit]- Hetty Sorrel, a fictional character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede
- Sorel Bliss, a character in Noël Coward’s 1924 play Hay Fever
- Sorrel, a character in the animated film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
People
[edit]- Moxley Sorrel (1838–1901), American Civil War soldier
- Sorrel Carson (1920–2005), Irish actress, director, and teacher who formed the Academy of Live and Recorded Art in London
- Sorrel Hays (1941-2020), a female American pianist, composer, and artist
Places
[edit]- Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
- Sorrel, Louisiana, United States, a census-designated place
Other
[edit]- Sorrel (drink) or hibiscus tea, a herbal tea infusion popular in Jamaica
- Sorrel (horse), an alternative term for a reddish-colored horse, more often known as "chestnut"
- Old Sorrel (foaled 1915), an America Quarter Horse stallion
- Heliophorus sena or sorrel sapphire, an Indian butterfly
- USS Sorrel (1864),an American navy ship
See also
[edit]- Sea sorrel (disambiguation)
- Rosalie Sorrels (1933-2017), American singer-songwriter
- Sorel (disambiguation)
- Sorell (disambiguation)
- Sorrell (disambiguation)