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Oxalis
Ox′a-lis
,Noun.
[L., a kind of sorrel, Gr.
ὀξαλίς
, fr. ὀξύσ
sharp, pungent, acid.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; – called also
wood sorrel
. Definition 2024
Oxalis
Oxalis
See also: oxalis
Translingual
Proper noun
Oxalis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including most of the wood sorrels.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Oxalidales - order; Oxalidaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Oxalis subg. Monoxalis, Oxalis subg. Oxalis, Oxalis subg. Thamnoxys, Oxalis subg. Trifidus - subgenera
- Oxalis acetosella - type species; for others of the numerous species see Oxalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .