schav
nounEtymology From Yiddish שטשאַוו (shtshav), from Polish szczaw.
1
A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
- I stopped at the B and H Dairy for a good knish. That was the only place left that didn't microwave. Tears ran down my cheeks dripping into a glass of cold schav with sour cream.1984, Sarah Schulman, The Sophie Horowitz Story:
2
Synonym of sorrel (plant).