oxalis

oxalis

See also: Oxalis

English

Oxalis

Etymology

From the genus name Oxalis.

Noun

oxalis (plural oxalises)

1. (horticulture) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
   • 2007 April 5, Anne Raver, “Rethinking the Pots on an Old, Cracked Terrace”, in New York Times‎:

     My oxalis and begonias are all in bloom at the windows of my bedroom.

Synonyms

• wood sorrel

Hyponyms

• common wood sorrel

Translations

any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis

Faroese: sýrusmæra f Finnish: käenkaali (fi) Greek: οξαλίδα (el) f (oxalída) Maori: tūtae-kāhu, tūtaekāhu Norwegian: Bokmål: gjøkesyre, kløversyre f, siris m, skogsyre f, syreblad n, søtsyre f, vaffelhjerte n (and more) Nynorsk: gauksyre f, gaukesyre f, gaukegras n, gaukvaffel m, syreblom m (and more)

Quechua: uqa-uqa Russian: кисли́ца (ru) f (kislíca) Slovak: šťavel m

Anagrams

• loxias

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalís).

Noun

oxalis f (genitive oxalidis); third declension

1. A kind of sorrel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oxalis	oxalidēs
Genitive	oxalidis	oxalidum
Dative	oxalidī	oxalidibus
Accusative	oxalidem	oxalidēs
Ablative	oxalide	oxalidibus
Vocative	oxalis	oxalidēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Oxalis

References

• oxalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press