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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 places
Familiarity information: SHEEP'S SORREL 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 ("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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