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Noun: red sorrel
  1. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fibre
    - roselle, rozelle, sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa

Derived forms: red sorrels

Type of: hibiscus

Encyclopedia: Red sorrel