Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa).

One or other of certain small perennial plants belonging to the genus Rumex, characterized by a sour taste, and to some extent cultivated for…

The common sorrel, Rumex acetosa; also, sheep's sorrel, R. acetosella.

Rumex Acetosella.

buckler-shaped or French sorrel, Rumex scutata.

English regional. Either of two kinds of sorrel, common sorrel, Rumex acetosa, and wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella. Now historical and rare.

A shrubby sorrel native to the Canary Islands, Rumex lunaria, having roundish leaves. Obsolete. rare.

Either of two edible plants, a cornfield weed with a reddish leaf, probably sheep's sorrel, Rumex acetosella, and common sorrel, R. acetosa.

Rumex Lunaria.

= sheep's sorrel n. at compounds 3b (see compounds 3).

One or other variety of sorrel (Rumex or Oxalis). Also attributive.