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Definition of Sour dock

Sour dock
Sour Sour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r, Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour countenance.' --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.' --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel. Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See Adansonia. Sour grapes. See under Grape. Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo. Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish.

Meaning of Sour dock from wikipedia

- Rumex crispus, the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia...
- dock, curly dock, yellow dock, sour dock, narrow dock, garden patience, narrow-leaved dock Rumex cristatus DC. Rumex crystallinus Lange – shiny dock Rumex...
- family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ("dock" being a common name for the genus Rumex). Sorrel is native...
- s****fish. Early spring plants included: marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), sour dock (Rumex arcticus), wild celery (Angelica lucida), wild lettuce (Draba borealis...
- determine the ****. "Rumex hastatulus (Hastate-leaved Dock, Heartwing Sorrel, Sorrel, Sour Dock) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants...
- conventional cultivated vegetable and fruit crops. Other wild greens, such as sour dock, lambs quarters, and wild l**** (or "ramps") are also still gathered by...
- wine raspberry, wineberry) Rumex crispus (curled dock, curly dock, narrow dock, sour dock, yellow dock) Salvia aethiopis (Mediterranean sage, African sage)...
- the same name may be based on dock, spinach or nettle. The sauer**** variant of cabbage soup is known to Russians as "sour shchi" ("кислые щи"), as opposed...
- next year. Hibiscus sabdariffa is otherwise known as spinach dock, sour gr****, or sour grabs. Zobo drink is also known as hibiscus tea, hibiscus drink...
- "Sweets and Sour Marge" is the eighth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox...