Oxalis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oxalis \Ox"a*lis\, n. [L., a kind of sorrel, Gr. 'oxali`s, fr.
     'oxy`s sharp, pungent, acid.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting
     trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also {wood
     sorrel}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oxalis
       n : any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: {sorrel}, {wood
           sorrel}]