Found 3 hits - Term: sourwood, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sorrel \sor"rel\, n. f. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. ohg. s?r
sour. see sour. bot.
one of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
plant of the genus rumex, as rumex acetosa, rumex
acetosella, etc.
1913 webster
mountain sorrel. bot. see under mountain.
red sorrel. bot.
a a malvaceous plant hibiscus sabdariffa whose acid
calyxes and capsules are used in the west indies for
making tarts and acid drinks.
b a troublesome weed rumex acetosella, also called
sheep sorrel.
salt of sorrel chem., binoxalate of potassa; -- so called
because obtained from the juice of rumex acetosella, or
rumex axetosa.
sorrel tree bot., a small ericaceous tree oxydendrum
arboreum whose leaves resemble those of the peach and
have a sour taste. it is common along the alleghanies.
called also sourwood.
wood sorrel bot., any plant of the genus oxalis.
1913 webster
see also:
sour rumex rumex acetosa rumex acetosella mountain sorrel mountain
red sorrel hibiscus sabdariffa rumex acetosella sheep sorrel salt of sorrel
rumex axetosa sorrel tree oxydendrum arboreum sourwood wood sorrel
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sourwood \sour"wood`\, n. bot.
the sorrel tree.
1913 webster sous
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sourwood
n : deciduous shrubby tree of eastern north america having
deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white
flowers and sour-tasting leaves syn: sorrel tree, titi,
oxydendrum arboreum
see also:
sorrel tree titi oxydendrum arboreum
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