sorrels Definition

a sorrel-colored animal; especially : a light bright chestnut horse often with a mane and tail of lighter color (such as flaxen)

a brownish orange to light brown

any of various plants or plant parts with sour juice: such as

any of various docks (such as Rumex acetosa and R. acetosella); also : the leaves used as a potherb

wood sorrel

a small dock (Rumex acetosella) of acidic soils

any of a genus (Oxalis of the family Oxalidaceae, the wood-sorrel family) of herbs with acid sap, compound leaves, and regular flowers having five usually white, purple, or yellow petals; especially : either of two stemless herbs (O. montana of North America and O. acetosella of Eurasia) with trifoliolate leaves