Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cape sorrel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: cape -sor-rel
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Oxalis pes-caprae of yellow-flowered sorrels, native to parts of the Middle East, naturalized elsewhere.

Example Sentences

"Outside, the electric yellow caps of cape sorrel & the white of the mustard & wild narcissus are pressed flat along the headlands."

Inflected Forms

Cape sorrels (plural)

Synonyms

Bermuda buttercup soursop

Questions

What does cape sorrel mean?: Any member of the species Oxalis pes-caprae of yellow-flowered sorrels, native to parts of the Middle East, naturalized elsewhere.

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