mahogany vs sorrel

mahogany

noun
  • A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. 

  • Any of the trees from which such wood comes. 

  • mahogany 

  • A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle. 

  • The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. 

adj
  • Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown. 

  • Made of mahogany. 

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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