English > wood sorrel: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis. |
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Synonyms | oxalis, sorrel |
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Member of | genus Oxalis | type genus of the Oxalidaceae |
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Narrower | Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua | South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers |
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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 |
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Spanish | oxalis |
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Catalan | oxalis |
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