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SOUR DOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour dock mean? 

SOUR DOCK (noun)
  The noun SOUR DOCK has 1 sense:

1. European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greensplay

  Familiarity information: SOUR DOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUR DOCK (noun)


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Meaning:

European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garden sorrel; Rumex acetosa; sour dock

Hypernyms ("sour dock" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "sour dock"):

common sorrel; sorrel (large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces)


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