HyperDic: wood_sorrel

English > 1 sense of the expression wood sorrel:
NOUNplantwood sorrel, oxalis, sorrelany plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
English > wood sorrel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
Synonymsoxalis, sorrel
Member ofgenus Oxalistype genus of the Oxalidaceae
NarrowerBermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernuaSouth African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers
common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosellaEurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculataCreeping much-branched mat-forming weed
goatsfoot, goat's foot, Oxalis caprinashort-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers
oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenataSouth American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
violet wood sorrel, Oxalis violaceaperennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishoxalis
Catalanoxalis

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