oxalis (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *oxalis*:
NOUN	plant	oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel	any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

oxalis > pronunciation
Sounds	aa'ksahlahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *oxalis*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
Synonyms	sorrel, wood sorrel
Member of	genus Oxalis	type genus of the Oxalidaceae
Narrower	Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua	South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers
	common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella	Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
	creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata	Creeping much-branched mat-forming weed
	goatsfoot, goat's foot, Oxalis caprina	short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers
	oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata	South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
	violet wood sorrel, Oxalis violacea	perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	oxalis
Catalan	oxalis

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