drab vs sorrel

drab

noun
  • The colour of this fabric. 

  • An instance of a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth instead of that corresponding to their internal gender identity (for instance, a trans woman dressed as a man). 

  • A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable. 

  • A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. 

  • Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric. 

  • A small amount, especially of money. 

  • A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. 

adj
  • Of the colour of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun. 

  • Particularly of colour: dull, uninteresting. 

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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