[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The red sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa, a tropical hibiscus with pale yellow flowers and red fleshy calyces used in cooking and for making drinks and preserves. Occasionally also: any of various other kinds of hibiscus, as the eastern Australian species H. heterophyllus.


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Origin:
mid 19th century. Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel (ultimately from post-classical Latin acidula, use as noun of feminine of classical Latin acidulus); perhaps compare also sorrel