bronze vs sorrel

bronze

noun
  • A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze. 

  • A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. 

  • A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture. 

  • Boldness; impudence. 

  • A bronze medal. 

adj
  • Made of bronze metal. 

  • Having a reddish-brown colour. 

  • Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun. 

verb
  • To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan. 

  • To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun. 

  • To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. 

  • To plate with bronze. 

sorrel

noun
  • A brown colour, with a tint of red. 

  • Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. 

  • The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa. 

  • Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels. 

  • A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. 

adj
  • Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse) 

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