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Meanings of sour grass in English

Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.

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        Examples for "dock"
        1
        The vessels are expected to dock near New Orleans' historic French Quarter.
        Reuters
        2
        Two Hamburg dock workers had been arrested outside my house one night.
        Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
        3
        Plans include a new floating dock, an eco-focused boardwalk and new washrooms.
        News.com.au
        4
        The first smelting plant locked home in its dock, then the second.
        Jupiter War
        5
        Just as Rupert had said, the dock was clearly out of use.
        Heaven's Queen
        1
        She went out to the stable and led out the old sorrel-mare.
        The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
        2
        Papa went out and bought a sorrel farm horse and sturdy wagon.
        Her mother's hope
        3
        The old sorrel he was so fond of riding is still alive.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        4
        The sorrel sprang forward, sniffed the air, and threw up his head.
        Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 01
        5
        Pickled girolles and sorrel potato salad Pickled mushrooms are a wonderful thing.
        The Guardian
        Usage of sour grass in English
        1
        The ground produces some sour grass - not a great deal.
        One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
        2
        It tastes like other things to eat: dried fruit sometimes, or sour grass, or hazelnuts.
        Engine Summer
        3
        Take a pound of sour grass (sorrel), remove leaves, wash well, cut and squeeze well.
        The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
        4
        There's not a bit of swampy ground or a patch of sour grass on the farm, he thought bitterly.
        Fenton's Quest
        5
        There were patches of that gray moss which blossoms with a tiny red flower, and there was mullein and sour grass.
        Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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        The horses and sheep, unaccustomed to the sour grasses of the coast lands of northern Australia, pined and rapidly wasted away.
        The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
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