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Definition of oxalis in English: oxalisnoun ɒkˈsɑːlɪsˈɒksəlɪs A plant of a genus which includes the wood sorrel, typically having three-lobed leaves and white, yellow, or pink flowers. Genus Oxalis, family Oxalidaceae Example sentencesExamples - Ferns are especially handsome as accents among swaths of lower-growing plants such as sweet woodruff or oxalis or growing beside ponds.
- Double-pot small plants or those that dry out quickly such as oxalis, laying in a layer of moist peat between the two pots.
- Semi-tropical natives such as dahlias, gladioli, begonias, canna, caladium, elephant ears, oxalis and other tender summer-flowering bulbs will not make it through the winter outside of the warmest climate zones.
- This was the weedmat that defeated my oxalis and couch grass.
- If possible, weed the unwanted oxalis in flower beds rather than use a herbicide, which may damage or kill your more desirable plants.
Origin Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek, from oxus 'sour' (because of its sharp-tasting leaves). Definition of oxalis in US English: oxalisnoun A plant of a genus which includes the wood sorrel, typically having three-lobed leaves and white, yellow, or pink flowers. Genus Oxalis, family Oxalidaceae Example sentencesExamples - Semi-tropical natives such as dahlias, gladioli, begonias, canna, caladium, elephant ears, oxalis and other tender summer-flowering bulbs will not make it through the winter outside of the warmest climate zones.
- Ferns are especially handsome as accents among swaths of lower-growing plants such as sweet woodruff or oxalis or growing beside ponds.
- Double-pot small plants or those that dry out quickly such as oxalis, laying in a layer of moist peat between the two pots.
- If possible, weed the unwanted oxalis in flower beds rather than use a herbicide, which may damage or kill your more desirable plants.
- This was the weedmat that defeated my oxalis and couch grass.
Origin Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek, from oxus ‘sour’ (because of its sharp-tasting leaves). |