Crossword clues for sourwood
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r sour. See Sour.] (Bot.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain. Red sorrel. (Bot.)
A malvaceous plant ( Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks.
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A troublesome weed ( Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel.
Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa.
Sorrel tree (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ( Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the genus (taxlink Oxydendrum genus noshow=1), having deep fissures in its bark, and sour tasting leaves 2 An Australian tree, of the genus ''Hibiscus''; the (vern: sorrel tree)
WordNet
n. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum]
Usage examples of "sourwood".
Ash with the raw liver to strengthen her blood, Ark rubbed the meat with dark spices and sourwood and set it to roast.
Down each edge ran a row of curved barbs, and a couple of inches of sourwood shaft still remained in the band-socket, held by an iron pin.
Their eyes were almond-shaped, and their hair ranged from the rich brown of sourwood honey to glossy black.
Thirty yards in, I climbed onto a fallen sourwood, drew my feet to my bum, and gazed up at the sky.
He tried cleaning it by filling its barrel with seven thin sourwood wands and soaking it in the river overnight, but still it would not hit a target.
He stood with a gnarled old staff, a bit of sourwood into which iron thorns had been pounded.
The russet of the sourwood trees and the yellow of the ground honeysuckle emphasized the different tones of greens: the whole scene was composed and serene to her artist's eye.
She helped herself to toast, grits, eggs over easy, another banana, and sourwood honey that the governor of North Carolina had sent last Christmas to slyly remind the Crimms that the Tar Heel state was far superior to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
My touch upon the bark told me that, but this mountainside, as all through the hills, was covered with a variety of trees: chestnut, oaks of several kinds, tulip trees, red maple, sourwood, and many others.