oxalis

ox·a·lis

O0204600 (ŏk′sə-lĭs, ŏk-săl′ĭs)n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, having cloverlike compound leaves usually with three leaflets and five-petaled, variously colored flowers. Also called sorrel, wood sorrel.

[Latin oxalis, wood sorrel, from Greek, from oxus, sour; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

oxalis

(ˈɒksəlɪs; ɒkˈsælɪs) n (Plants) any plant of the genus Oxalis, having clover-like leaves which contain oxalic acid and white, pink, red, or yellow flowers: family Oxalidaceae. See also wood sorrel[C18: via Latin from Greek: sorrel, sour wine, from oxus acid, sharp]

wood′ sor`rel

n. any woodland plant of the genus Oxalis, of the family Oxalidaceae, having three heart-shaped leaflets and variously colored flowers. [1515–25; translation of French sorrel de bois]

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oxalis - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalissorrel, wood sorrelherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Oxalis - type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbelscommon wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella, shamrock - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowersBermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis cernua, Oxalis pes-caprae - South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowerscreeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata - creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitangoat's foot, goatsfoot, Oxalis caprina - short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowersOxalis violacea, violet wood sorrel - perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowersoca, Oxalis crenata, Oxalis tuberosa, oka - South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers

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oxalis

(ŏk`səlĭs) or

wood sorrel,

any species of the plant genus Oxalis. Most of the cultivated kinds are tropical herbs used as window plants. The leaves are usually cloverlike and respond to darkness with "sleep" movements by folding back their leaflets. Several species grow wild in North America, including the white wood sorrel (O. acetosella), widely distributed in the north temperate zone and one of the plants identified as the shamrockshamrock,
a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day.
..... Click the link for more information. . This and, to a lesser extent, other species have long been used for salads and greens because of their pleasantly acid taste; these species contain oxalic acidoxalic acid
or ethanedioic acid
, HO₂CCO₂H, a colorless, crystalline organic carboxylic acid that melts at 189&degC; with sublimation. Oxalic acid and oxalate salts are poisonous. Oxalic acid is found in many plants, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. . O. tuberosa has a starchy tuber that has been valued in the high Andes for centuries. Although species of Oxalis are called sorrels, the genus is unrelated to the true sorrel, or dock (genus Rumex), of the buckwheat family. Oxalis is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Geramales, family Oxalidaceae.

oxalis

Lemony fun citrus-like tangy flavor, can be used as seasoning for fish etc. Superficially resembles clover (3 heart-shaped leaves joined at tip) 5 petal flowers can be white, pink, red or yellow. The edible root tubers look like small red and white fingerling potatoes. Tastes great and lots of people eat it, but don't eat large amounts at once because of high levels of oxalic acid which binds calcium and is hard on the kidneys. It forms calcium oxalate which is insoluble.

Oxalis

a genus of plants of the family Oxalidaceae. They are perennial and, less frequently, annual herbs; some are subshrubs. The leaves are alternate and usually ternately or palmately compound. The flowers are pentamerous; the fruit is a capsule. There are approximately 800 species, distributed primarily in Southern Africa, South America, and Mexico. Six species are found in the USSR. The European wood sorrel, or sheep sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), which is often found in shady coniferous forests, is a small stemless plant with a creeping rhizome. The trifoliate bracts fold up at night and in overcast weather. The flowers, which are solitary, are white with pinkish violet veins. The leaves of the European wood sorrel, like those of the procumbent yellow sorrel (O. corniculata), contain vitamin C and oxalic acid; they are toxic to sheep when consumed in large quantities. Some African and American species are cultivated in a number of countries for their edible tubers. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals.

oxalis

Related to oxalis: Oxalis corniculata

noun

Synonyms for oxalis

noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Synonyms

sorrel
wood sorrel

Related Words

herb
herbaceous plant
genus Oxalis
common wood sorrel
cuckoo bread
Oxalis acetosella
shamrock
Bermuda buttercup
English-weed
Oxalis cernua
Oxalis pes-caprae
creeping oxalis
creeping wood sorrel
Oxalis corniculata
goat's foot
goatsfoot
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis violacea
violet wood sorrel
oca
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis tuberosa
oka