"sourgrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sourgrasses [plural]
Etymology: From sour + grass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sour|grass}} sour + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} sourgrass (usually uncountable, plural sourgrasses)
  1. Sorrel
    of genus Oxalis.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants, Oxalidales order plants, Paniceae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-sourgrass-en-noun-mcORwYQU Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 71 26 4 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 65 25 10 Disambiguation of Paniceae tribe grasses: 53 23 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 39 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 38 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 36 3
  2. Sorrel
    of species Rumex acetosella
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-sourgrass-en-noun-Wez3-mRO
  3. A crabgrass of species Digitaria insularis Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-sourgrass-en-noun-mq494bp7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lemongrass

Inflected forms

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