Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun french_sorrel

2 senses of french sorrel

Sense 1
French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus -- (low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves)
       => dock, sorrel, sour grass -- (any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine)

Sense 2
French sorrel -- (greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads)
       => greens, green, leafy vegetable -- (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)