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GARDEN SORREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
Synonyms:
garden sorrel; Rumex acetosa; sour dock
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("garden sorrel" is a kind of...):
dock; sorrel; sour grass (any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine)
Meronyms (parts of "garden sorrel"):
common sorrel; sorrel (large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
Synonyms:
French sorrel; garden sorrel; Rumex scutatus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("garden sorrel" is a kind of...):
dock; sorrel; sour grass (any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine)
Meronyms (parts of "garden sorrel"):
French sorrel (greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads)