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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plant of the genus Oxalis.

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  • noun A white-flowered woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella.
  • noun Any of several other species of the genus Oxalis.

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  • noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

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  • "High-protein soft curds could be smoked, salted or flavoured with berries, nuts, honey or herbs like wood sorrel, myrtle or mint. It was an ancient practice: the Beaker People of 1800 BC had used perforated clay bowls to drain the whey from curd to make hard, long-lasting cheeses."

    --Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007), 11

    January 6, 2017