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SHEEP'S SORREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep's sorrel mean? 

SHEEP'S SORREL (noun)
  The noun SHEEP'S SORREL has 1 sense:

1. small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry placesplay

  Familiarity information: SHEEP'S SORREL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHEEP'S SORREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rumex acetosella; sheep's sorrel; sheep sorrel

Hypernyms ("sheep's 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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