Sheep sorrel (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

Small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry placesplay

Synonyms:

Rumex acetosella; sheep's sorrel; sheep sorrel

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sheep 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)

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