rumex : Idioms & Phrases
genus rumex
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noun docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions
Rumex.
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rumex acetosa
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noun European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
sour dock; garden sorrel.
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rumex acetosella
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noun small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places
sheep sorrel; sheep's sorrel.
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rumex obtusifolius
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noun European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America
yellow dock; broad-leaved dock; bitter dock.
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rumex scutatus
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noun low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
garden sorrel; French sorrel.