sorrel
SORREL
s. A plant *rumex pratensis (Linn.; common sorrel): *oxalis acetosella (Linn.; wood sorrel): *andromeda arborea (Linn.; red sorrel sorrel-tree).
s. A plant *rumex pratensis (Linn.; common sorrel): *oxalis acetosella (Linn.; wood sorrel): *andromeda arborea (Linn.; red sorrel sorrel-tree).
adj. *(equus) albus subrubens.
sorrel (adj.): of a yellowish or reddish-brown colour: spādix, īcis: a s. horse, s. (equus), Virg. G. 3, 82. See also BAY (adj.), DUN (adj.).
sorrel (subs.): a plant:
1. lăpăthum and lăpăthus, f. (but m., Lucil. in Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24) = λάπαθον or λάπαθος (*Rumex Acetosella, Linn.), Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231 (which read throughout, as various kinds of s. are there mentioned).
2. rŭmex, ĭcis, f.: ib.: (*Rumex Acetosella, Linn.).
3. oxys, y̆os, m. (= ὀξύς, sharp: common wood-s.): Plin. 27, 12, 89, § 112. (*Oxalis Acetosella, or perh., Ox. stricta, Linn.)
4. oxălis, ĭdis (= ὀξαλίς: garden-s.): Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231. (*Oxalis Acetosella, Linn.).
1. lăpăthum and lăpăthus, f. (but m., Lucil. in Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24) = λάπαθον or λάπαθος (*Rumex Acetosella, Linn.), Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231 (which read throughout, as various kinds of s. are there mentioned).
2. rŭmex, ĭcis, f.: ib.: (*Rumex Acetosella, Linn.).
3. oxys, y̆os, m. (= ὀξύς, sharp: common wood-s.): Plin. 27, 12, 89, § 112. (*Oxalis Acetosella, or perh., Ox. stricta, Linn.)
4. oxălis, ĭdis (= ὀξαλίς: garden-s.): Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231. (*Oxalis Acetosella, Linn.).