HyperDic: rumex

English > 1 sense of the word Rumex:
NOUNplantRumex, genus Rumexdocks
English > Rumex: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdocks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions.
Synonymgenus Rumex
Member ofPolygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat familyA family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone
Membersdock, sorrel, sour grassAny of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus rumex, rumex
Catalangenus rumex, rumex, Rumex

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