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SHEEP SORREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep sorrel mean? 

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHEEP 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 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)


 Context examples 


Also called sheep sorrel and sorrel.

(Dock, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal tea mixture that contains burdock root, Indian rhubarb root, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark.

(Essiac, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal formula containing burdock root (Arctium lappa), Turkey rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), and slippery elm bark (Ulmus fulva) with potential immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities.

(Essiac, NCI Thesaurus)



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