Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, is a perennial herb cultivated as a leaf vegetable.
Sorrel may also refer to:
Plants
- 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
- Hetty Sorrel, a fictional character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede
- Sorel Bliss, a character in Noël CowardâÂÂs 1924 play Hay Fever
- Sorrel, a character in the animated film '
People
- Moxley Sorrel (1838âÂÂ1901), American Civil War soldier
- Sorrel Carson (1920âÂÂ2005), Irish actress, director, and teacher who formed the Academy of Live and Recorded Art in London
- Sorrel Hays (1941âÂÂ2020), American pianist, composer, and artist
Places
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See also