rumex : Idioms & Phrases


genus rumex

  • noun docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions
    Rumex.
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rumex acetosa

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
    garden sorrel; French sorrel.
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