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Definition: Red Sorrel |
Red SorrelNoun1. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Red SorrelSynonyms: roselle (n), rozelle (n), sorrel (n). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sheep Sorrel or Red Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) near Upper Trail Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
red sorrel | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "red sorrel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | roselle (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), rosella (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), roedknae (field sorrel, sheep sorrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | roselle (Java jute, Kenaf, rosella, Rosella hemp, Roselle, Siam jute, thorny mallow), zuring (dock, rosella, roselle, sorrel, thorny mallow), schapezuring (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), Amerikaans zuur (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ahosuolaheinä (field sorrel, sheep sorrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | petite oseille, oseille rouge, oseille de Guinée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | roter Sauerampfer (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), kleiner Sauerampfer (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), Guinea-Eibisch (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιβίσκος η σαβδαρίφη (rosella, roselle), ξινήθρα (common sorrel, field sorrel, garden sorrel, sheep sorrel, sorrel), ξινάκι (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), λάπαθον η οξαλίς (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), οξαλίδι (field sorrel, sheep sorrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rosella (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), erba brusca (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), acetosella (creeping woodsorrel, field sorrel, garden sorrel, oxalis, procumbent yellow woodsorrel, shamrock, sheep sorrel, white woodsorrel), acetosa minore (field sorrel, sheep sorrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edray orrelsay malva espinhosa (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), juta de Java (Java jute, Kenaf, rosella, Rosella hemp, Roselle, Siam jute, thorny mallow), azeda da Jamaica (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) rosella (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), vinagrillo (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), jamaica (Jamaica, rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), agrio de Guinea (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow), acederilla (field sorrel, shamrock, sheep sorrel, white woodsorrel), acedera menor (field sorrel, sheep sorrel), acedera colorada (rosella, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) bergssyra (field sorrel, sheep sorrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hibiscus sabdariffa, Rumex acetosella. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-o-r-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: orderers, reorders, resolder, solderer. | |
-2 letters: orderer, reorder, reredos, resoled. | |
-3 letters: dorsel, dorser, elders, erodes, errors, orders, redoes, rerose, resold, resole, solder, sorrel. | |
-4 letters: deers, deles, doers, doles, dorrs, doser, drees, elder, erode, erose, erred, error, leers, lodes, lords, lores, loser, older, order, orles, redes, redos, reeds, reels, resod, roles, rosed, seder, sered, serer, soled, sorel, sorer. | |
-5 letters: deer, dees, dele, dels, dere, doer, does, dole, dols, dore, dorr, dors, dose, dree, eels, elds, else, eros, errs, leer, lees, lode, lord, lore, lose, odes, olds, oles, ores, orle, rede, redo, reds, reed, reel, rees, rode, rods, roes, role, rose, seed, seel, seer, sere, sled, sloe, sold, sole, sord, sore. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 64 53 6F 72 72 65 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100100 00100000 01010011 01101111 01110010 01110010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e d   S o r r e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0064 0053 006F 0072 0072 0065 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271702538184847178 |
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