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sour grass

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A low spreading plant with yellow flowers and clover-like leaves, Oxalis stricta.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dock, sorrel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: sour dock, garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel, Rumex acetosella, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, yellow dock, Rumex obtusifolius, French sorrel, Rumex scutatus

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