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Noun

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

dock, sorrel

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions

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

Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel - small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places

bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock - European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America

French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus - low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves

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Stoloniferous and/or rhizomatous grassy weeds such asmugwort (Armetisia vulgaris) (Bradley and Hagood, 2002), creeping rivergrass (Echinochloapolystachya) (Bottoms et al., 2011), Bermuda grass (Cynodonspp.) (Webster et al., 2003; Ferrelet al., 2005) and sourgrass (Digitariainsularis) (Correia et al., 2010; Giancotti et al.

EVALUATION OF SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF SLASHING AND GLYPHOSATE FOR DROUGHT GRASS (ISCHAEMUM MUTICUM L.) CONTROL IN COCONUT PLANTATION

Sourgrass densities affecting the initial growth and macronutrient contente of Coffee plants.

Does sourgrass leaf anatomy influence glyphosate resistance?/A anatomia foliar de capim-amargoso influencia na resistencia ao glyphosate?

Predominant weeds Spanish needle (Bidens pilosa), morning glory (Ipomoea nil), calotrope (Calotropis procera), sourgrass (Digitaria insularis), plantain signalgrass (Brachiaria plantaginea) and southern sandspur (Cenchrus echinatus).

Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) community in guava orchards and adjacent fragments of native vegetation in Brazil

Their voices soon drifted into a musical dialogue about the sweet smell of honeysuckle along the path, the playful antics of beautiful butterflies, the joy of chewing on the seasonal treat called sourgrass, and the fun of picking wild blackberries for their mother, who would use them in delicious pies she baked for the family.

The painting that became an oral history

Wood sorrel, also known as "sourgrass", is one of those little weeds that children love to nibble on.

Wild foods in your garden