Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Oxalis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oxalis \Ox"a*lis\, n. [L., a kind of sorrel, Gr. ???, fr. ????
sharp, pungent, acid.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting
trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also {wood
sorrel}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oxalis
n : any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: {sorrel}, {wood
sorrel}]
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