Noun: French sorrel
- Greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
- Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
"French sorrel adds a lemony tang to the soup";
- garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus
Type of: dock, green, greens, leafy vegetable, sorrel, sour grass
Encyclopedia: French sorrel