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RUMEX ACETOSELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rumex acetosella mean?
• RUMEX ACETOSELLA (noun)
The noun RUMEX ACETOSELLA has 1 sense:
1. small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places
Familiarity information: RUMEX ACETOSELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Rumex acetosella" 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
The scientific name is Rumex acetosella.
(Dock, 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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