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Meanings of sour dock in English

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

        Synonyms
        Examples for "garden sorrel"
        Examples for "garden sorrel"
        1
        Compared with the Common Garden Sorrel, the leaves are larger and less acid.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        2
        The leaves of this variety are similar in form and appearance to those of the Garden Sorrel.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        3
        Green or Common Garden Sorrel.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        Usage of sour dock in English
        1
        Black-haw root, sour dock, bear grass, grape root, bull nettle, sweet-gum bark and red-oak bark boiled separately and mixed, makes a good blood medicine.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...