Of a reddish color; as a sorel horse.
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1. A reddish color; a faint red.
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
1. A yellowish or redish brown color.
2. One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
Sorrel
Encyclopedia Britannica
SORREL. See Horticulture, vol. xii. p. 288.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 22, p. 276
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A species of Andromeda.
Redness Roget’s Thesaurus §434
N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, indian red, light red, venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush
V. be red, become red, blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden, render red, redden, rouge, rubify, rubricate, incarnadine, ruddle
Adj. red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy, complementary colors