oxalis
any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
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How to use oxalis in a sentence
The oca (oxalis tuberosa) is an oval-shaped root; the skin pale red, and the inside white.
It was oxalis, or sorrel, and sometimes the children nibbled the sour leaves, calling it sour-grass.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow PaineIf you can find a dimorphic oxalis it will be a new point, for all known species are trimorphic or monomorphic.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinI have written to my gardener to send you plants of oxalis corniculata (and seeds if possible).
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinAnother tiny flower is very much like mother's treasured pink oxalis; but is only the bloom of wood sorrel.
To and Through Nebraska | Frances I. Sims Fulton
British Dictionary definitions for oxalis
/ (ˈɒksəlɪs, ɒkˈsælɪs) /
any plant of the genus Oxalis, having clover-like leaves which contain oxalic acid and white, pink, red, or yellow flowers: family Oxalidaceae: See also wood sorrel
Origin of oxalis
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