sour dock

/ˌsaʊər dɑk/

Other forms: sour docks

Definitions of sour dock

1. noun

   European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
   synonyms: Rumex acetosa, garden sorrel

   type of:

   dock, sorrel, sour grass

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