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    RUMEX ACETOSA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    garden sorrel; Rumex acetosa; sour dock

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Rumex acetosa" 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 "Rumex acetosa"):

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

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