garden sorrel

1 5.6

A plant with sour leaves used in salads and cooking

noun
/ˈɡɑrdən ˈsɔrəl/

: acederas

She added fresh garden sorrel to the salad for a tangy flavor.

Examples

The chef used chopped garden sorrel as a garnish for the fish dish.
In spring, garden sorrel is one of the first herbs to appear in the garden.
I love adding garden sorrel to my salads.
The garden sorrel grows well in my backyard.
In spring, garden sorrel is one of the first herbs to appear in the garden.
She added fresh garden sorrel to the salad for a tangy flavor.
The chef used chopped garden sorrel as a garnish for the fish dish.

Synonyms

sorrel

vsgarden sorrel

4 7.0

A plant with sour green leaves used in salads or cooking

refers to a specific perennial herb used for tangy leaves in salads and cooking

Rumex acetosa

vsgarden sorrel

Specialized

1 9.9

A leafy plant with large sour leaves eaten raw in salads

is the common culinary herb name rather than the botanical term

common sorrel

vsgarden sorrel

6.1

A leafy herb with sour pointed leaves used in salads and sauces

emphasizes a perennial herb used for tangy leaves in cooking and salads

How Sour

lemon

308 1.0

garden sorrel

1 5.6

spinach

87 1.0

lettuce

102 1.0

Surface Forms

garden sorrel singular

garden sorrels plural

Morphology

garden + sorrel

The compound is compositionally built: 'sorrel' names the edible sour-leaved herb and 'garden' simply specifies a cultivated or garden-grown variety, so the overall referent is directly predictable from its parts. This type of noun+noun modification is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Garden sorrel is named for the sharp taste of its leaves. People called it sorrel from a word meaning 'sour', and that lemon-like sourness is why cooks add garden sorrel to salads and sauces.