Noun: garden sorrel 'gaa(r)-d(u)n 'so-rul
- European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
"The chef added garden sorrel to the salad for a tart flavour";
- sour dock, Rumex acetosa
- Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
"Garden sorrel adds a lemony tang to the soup";
- French sorrel, Rumex scutatus
Derived forms: garden sorrels
Type of: dock, sorrel, sour grass
Encyclopedia: Garden sorrel