common sorrel

1. 1.

   large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

   Synonymssorrel

   Broadergreens

   Part ofsour dock

Questions about common sorrel

What does common sorrel mean?

common sorrel means "large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces".

What is another word for common sorrel?

Close synonyms include sorrel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common sorrel a common word?

common sorrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.