FRENCH SORREL
Dictionary entry overview: What does French sorrel mean?
• FRENCH SORREL (noun)
The noun FRENCH SORREL has 2 senses:
1. low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
2. greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
Familiarity information: FRENCH SORREL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FRENCH SORREL (noun)
Meaning:
Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
French sorrel; garden sorrel; Rumex scutatus
Hypernyms ("French sorrel" 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 "French sorrel"):
French sorrel (greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads)
Meaning:
Greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("French sorrel" is a kind of...):
green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)
Holonyms ("French sorrel" is a part of...):
French sorrel; garden sorrel; Rumex scutatus (low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves)
