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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SORREL TREE

So called because the bitter flavour of the leaves is reminiscent of sorrel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SORREL TREE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SORREL TREE

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Sorrel tree is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SORREL TREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sorrel tree

Oxydendrum

Sourwood or sorrel tree is the sole species in the genus Oxydendrum, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains. The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. Foliage...

Definition of sorrel tree in the English dictionary

The definition of sorrel tree in the dictionary is a deciduous ericaceous tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, of E North America, having deeply fissured bark, sour-tasting leaves, and small white flowers Also called: sourwood.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORREL TREE

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sorrow
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sorrowfulness
sorrowing
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sorry
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SORREL TREE

at the top of the tree
big tree
cabbage tree
Christmas tree
coffee tree
family tree
flame tree
hall tree
Joshua tree
lemon tree
plane tree
rain tree
red tea tree
rubber tree
service tree
Seville orange tree
sycamore tree
tea tree
tree
tulip tree
white tea tree

Synonyms and antonyms of sorrel tree in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sorrel tree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SORREL TREE

Find out the translation of sorrel tree to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sorrel tree from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sorrel tree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

栗色的树
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

árbol alazán
570 millions of speakers

English

sorrel tree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार की वनस्पति पेड़
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شجرة حميض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щавель дерево
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alazão árvore
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Sorrel গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arbre oseille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokok kendi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sauerampfer Baum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スイバの木
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밤색 나무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wit sorrel
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây cây me chua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிவப்பு மரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अशा रंगाचा वृक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıtır ağaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acetosa albero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczaw drzewo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щавель дерево
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copac măcriș
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

οξαλίδα δέντρο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

suring boom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

angssyra träd
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sorrel treet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sorrel tree

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SORREL TREE»

The term «sorrel tree» is used very little and occupies the 182.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SORREL TREE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORREL TREE»

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Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants
OXYDENDRUM (SORREL-TREE) Diseases Leaf Spots (Cercospora oxydendri and Mycosphaerella caroliniana). Two fungi occasionally spot the leaves of sorrel-tree. The latter produces reddish or purple blotches with dry brown centers in ...
Pascal P. Pirone, 1978
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Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook
OXYDENDRON. (Sourwood,. Sorrel-Tree). OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus ostreatus) DRY BUBBLE. Verticillium fungicola, PA. PACHYSANDRA. BLIGHT, Twig. Sphaerulina polyspora, NC. LEAF SPOT. Cercospora oxydendri, AL, MS, TX, ...
R. Kenneth Horst, 2008
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Nature Conservation: Concepts and Practice
Isolated Acacia trees are of broad distribution along the basin, accompanied by Wood Sorrel Tree, Carob Tree, Chañar and, in some cases by Pepper Tree, but their cover is very low. With regard to height, they are distributed from 1700 m up  ...
Dan Gafta, John R. Akeroyd, 2007
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Pirone's Tree Maintenance
Control. Spray early in June with Sevin. SAN JOSE SCALE. Aspidiotus perniciosus. This scale occasionally infests smoke-tree. • Control. See under scales, Chapter 11. SORREL-TREE (Oxydendrum) Also called sourwood, this tree is a native ...
John R. Hartman Professor of Plant Pathology, Thomas P. Pirone Professor of Plant Pathology both at University of Kentucky, Mary Ann Sall Professor of Plant Pathology both at University of Kentucky, 2000
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Florida Ethnobotany
(From the Greek oxys, sour, and dendron, tree, because of the acidic foliage) Oxydendrum arboreum (becoming a tree) arbre oseille [arbre l'oselle] (sorrel tree, French); sorrel-tree (“sorrel” from surelle, diminutive of French sur; “sorrel-tree” ...
Daniel F. Austin, 2004
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Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In ...
Sorrel-Tree. Oafs and Order. Decandria Monogynia. Generic Charatler. Cal. 5- partitus. Cor. ovata : ore 5-fido. Cap/. 5-locularis. Specific Charatler and Synonyms. ANDROMEDA arborea ¡ paniculis terminalibus, corollis fubpubefcentibus, foliis ...
John Sims, 1806
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America
Ericaceae e sourwood; sorrel-tree f oxydendron; arbre à oseille o ossidendro ( italian); Sauerbaum (german) 5417 Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. Ericaceae ME SE North America (USA: Indiana to Pennsylvania, Mississippi to Florida) M [L] D ...
M.M. Grandtner, 2005
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The Flowering of the Landscape Garden: English Pleasure ...
The "Sorrel tree," meanwhile, seems a complete aberration on several counts ( see fig. 42). By 1778, Mawe and Abercrombie recorded that the sorrel tree ( Oxydendrutn arboreum, first introduced in 1752) was "somewhat impatient of severe ...
Mark Laird, 1999
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The Trees of America, Native and Foreign
Andromeda arborea, Lyonia arborea, Andromede en arbre, Arbre a l'oseille, Sauerampferbaum, Albero dell' Andromeda, Albero dell' acetosa, Sorrel-tree, Lmu^rs, Species Plantarum. Michaux, North American Sylva. Don, Miller's Dictionary.
Daniel Jay Browne, 1846
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Catesby's Birds of Colonial America
Sorrel-tree. (or. sourwood). The trunk of this tree is usually five or six inches thick, and ... accurate drawing of the species; it is depicted with a sorrel-tree or sour- wood (Oxydendrum arboreum), so called because of the sour taste of the leaves.
Alan Feduccia, 1999

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORREL TREE»

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Open garden: Redwoods on the Yarra Valley
Rare trees include Emmenopterys henryi, Japanese spice bush (Lindera obtusa), a weeping form of Nyssa sylvatica, sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) and a ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
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Certain ornamental trees add much color
This is tree-planting season, and fall color should factor into your choices when ... Also called sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboretum produces excellent fall color in ... «Charlotte Observer, Nov 14»
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Helen Chesnut: Take a chance
Dear B.H.: You have described sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), celebrated for its exquisite show of autumn colours. This tree is an excellent companion for ... «Times Colonist, Nov 14»
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Seamus Heaney's poetic legacy recalled by friends and admirers in …
Anderson said the day after Heaney died, two days after she became ambassador to the US, she found a plaque next to a sorrel tree planted by the poet in the ... «Irish Times, Nov 13»
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Helen Chesnut: Thanks to a grand growing season
A oakleaf hydrangea is starting to take on its purple autumn colouring and the sorrel tree (Oxydendrum) is turning scarlet. Looking into the front garden from my ... «Victoria Times Colonist, Oct 13»
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Your Home: Real Estate
... 12 feet from the east property line; a sorrel tree and two honey locusts positioned nearby. If any doubt remained about the arrangement of trees, the paperwork ... «Boston Globe, Apr 08»
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Woodland haven
"Last year, one of the plum trees produced its first two plums. ... Some of these include the sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboretum; tupelos, Nyssa sylvatica; and the ... «The Nelson Mail, Jan 08»
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Autumn leaves from ornamental trees
November, and many of the more unusual ornamental trees come into their own. ... Also known as the sorrel tree, it is in the same family as the rhododendron ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 07»

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