french sorrel

Questions about french sorrel

What does french sorrel mean?

french sorrel means "low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for french sorrel?

Close synonyms include garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus. 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 french sorrel a common word?

french sorrel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.