Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ornamental plants, type of the tribe Oxalideæ of the order Geraniaceæ.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also
wood sorrel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Oxalidaceae — thewood sorrels .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
Etymologies
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Oxalis comes from the Greek word oxis, meaning acid, which refers to the acidity of the leaves.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Oxalis comes from the Greek word oxis, meaning acid, which refers to the acidity of the leaves.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Oxalis is derived from the Greek word oxys, meaning sharp, describing the sour acidic juice of the plants.
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I have lovely lemony wood sorrel (Oxalis montana) volunteering in the garden (yay for edible weeds!) and I just did a but of weeding and harvesting in the rain.
oh the rain came down on a cold new town and he carried you away nisi_la 2009
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I had to go back and revisit the first, the color and lighting of the Oxalis is just beautiful.
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Oxalis becomes fan, oil on board with gold leaf, 2003, 23 x 18 cm
James Scarborough: The Post-Humanism of Peter Santi James Scarborough 2010
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I thought it was bright and pretty, but Oxalis is a weed, so nobody agreed.
Oxalis 2010
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Oxalis becomes fan, oil on board with gold leaf, 2003, 23 x 18 cm
James Scarborough: The Post-Humanism of Peter Santi James Scarborough 2010
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The neighbor's tiny front yard yellowed with Oxalis and the patch spread like a necklace around the border.
Oxalis 2010
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Wood Sorrel Oxalis: It grows in sun or shade and 70 percent of Easterners have it in their backyards.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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