Meaning of OXALIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'âksulis
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| | Definition: | | [n] any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis |
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| | Synonyms: | | sorrel, wood sorrel |
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| | See Also: | | Bermuda buttercup, common wood sorrel, creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, English-weed, genus Oxalis, goat's foot, goatsfoot, herb, herbaceous plant, oca, oka, Oxalis acetosella, Oxalis caprina, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis corniculata, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis violacea, shamrock, violet wood sorrel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ox"a*lis\, n. [L., a kind of sorrel, Gr. ???, fr. ????
sharp, pungent, acid.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting
trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also {wood
sorrel}.
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