The Clue
Light brown (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SORREL
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Notes
The answer SORREL is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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Definition
SORREL as a noun:
1. (oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel) = any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
2. (dock, sorrel, sour grass) = any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
3. (roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa) = East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
4. (sorrel, common sorrel) = large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
5. a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
SORREL as an adjective:
1. (sorrel, brownish-orange) = of a light brownish color