Definitions of French sorrel
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low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
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synonyms:
Rumex scutatus, garden sorrel
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type of:
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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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dock, sorrel, sour grass
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greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
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type of:
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green, greens, leafy vegetable
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
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green, greens, leafy vegetable
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