English > wood sorrel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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