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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

Seventeenth-century cookbook author John Murrell recommended "egges with greene sawce", a sort of pesto made with sorrel leaves.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2023

It is fresh and delicious in a surprisingly complicated way, with the light tang of sorrel and the earthiness of beetroot leaves crunching alongside many other flavors against the soft, yeasty-sweet bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

The sorrel and docks brushed against his legs, and damped through his jeans, very quickly.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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