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Noun: garden sorrel  'gaa(r)-d(u)n 'so-rul
  1. Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
    - French sorrel, Rumex scutatus
     
  2. European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
    - sour dock, Rumex acetosa

Derived forms: garden sorrels

Type of: dock, sorrel, sour grass

Encyclopedia: Garden sorrel