SORREL TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorrel tree mean? 

• SORREL TREE (noun)
  The noun SORREL TREE has 2 senses:

1. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves

2. Australian tree with acid foliage

  Familiarity information: SORREL TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORREL TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Oxydendrum arboreum; sorrel tree; sourwood; titi

Hypernyms ("sorrel tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("sorrel tree" is a member of...):

genus Oxydendrum; Oxydendrum (sourwood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Australian tree with acid foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hibiscus heterophyllus; sorrel tree

Hypernyms ("sorrel tree" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)