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sorrel

[sawr-uhl, sor-] / ˈsɔr əl, ˈsɒr- /


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One flank is covered with tranquil forests and fields where typical local crops like spinach, sorrel and chives grow.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

"Stinging nettles are a come again plant. Cow parsley, sorrel too. Strangely you can pick a lot of salads now," he says.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

So we end up sharing all types of rare herbs, sheep's sorrel, unusual peppers and so much more with our guests.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Like the sandstone altar on which they had died, the shape of their lives had been determined years before—before the horses began their gallop, their sorrel bodies arching for that final collision.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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