red sorrel

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   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

   SynonymsrosellerozellesorrelJamaica sorrelHibiscus sabdariffa

   Broaderhibiscus

Questions about red sorrel

What does red sorrel mean?

red sorrel means "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".

What is another word for red sorrel?

Close synonyms include roselle, rozelle, sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red sorrel a common word?

red sorrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.