Oxalis Definition

ŏksə-lĭs, ŏk-sălĭs
noun

Wood sorrel.

Webster's New World
Any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, having cloverlike compound leaves usually with three leaflets and five-petaled, variously colored flowers.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
other
Common wood sorrel.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae "” including most of the wood sorrels.

Wiktionary

Origin of Oxalis

  • Latin oxalis wood sorrel from Greek from oxus sour ak- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin oxălis (“garden sorrel"), from Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalis)

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name Oxalis.

    From Wiktionary

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