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Rumex

Rumex

9.8
A group of leafy plants like docks or sorrels that often grow wild
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Sorrel, a type of Rumex, is often used in traditional recipes for its tart flavor.

Examples

  • Many species in the Rumex genus are considered weeds in North American agriculture.

  • The gardener identified the broad leaves as belonging to Rumex plants.

  • The garden is filled with Rumex plants.

  • Many Rumexes thrive in wet soil.

  • The gardener identified the broad leaves as belonging to Rumex plants.

  • Sorrel, a type of Rumex, is often used in traditional recipes for its tart flavor.

  • Many species in the Rumex genus are considered weeds in North American agriculture.

Synonyms

dock
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1 8.6

A coarse wild plant with long roots whose young leaves can be eaten

is the formal scientific name for that group rather than the common plant name

Compounds

Rumex acetosa
  • Specialized
9.9

A leafy plant with large sour leaves eaten raw in salads

Rumex acetosella
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant with sour, arrow-shaped leaves that grows in dry places

Rumex obtusifolius
  • Specialized
9.9

A common weed with large blunt leaves and a bitter root

Rumex scutatus
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant called French sorrel with small silvery-green arrow-shaped leaves that cooks use in salads

Surface Forms

Rumex singular
Rumices plural

Etymology

Rumex comes from the old Latin name rumex, which named a kind of sorrel or dock plant known for its 'sour' leaves. That's why plant experts call the whole group of tart sorrels and common dock weeds Rumex.