Definition of Oxalis cernua

1. Noun. South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxalis Cernua

Ovrette
Ovulen
Owen
Owen's lines
Owen Glendower
Owen Wister
Owenian
Owenite
Owenites
Owens
Owensboro
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis cernua (current term)
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis violacea
Oxandra
Oxandra lanceolata
Oxbridge
Oxbridgian
Oxfam
Oxford
Oxford English
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University

Literary usage of Oxalis cernua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of Plant Structures by Self-adaptation to the Environment by George Henslow (1895)
"As a remarkable instance of a plant having undergone a complete change of season in flowering, Oxalis cernua may be mentioned. This is a native of the Cape ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Oxalis cernua. Jacqu- oxal. 37- t. 6, Drooping Wood Sorrel. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Fl. February—May. G. H- V. Cult. 1757, by Mr. Ph. Mitler. ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"... Lour Oxalis cernua, Thumb. . . Yellow Oxalis . v. fl. pi. Pancratium canariense, Kcr- .... Qawl. Pandanus utilis, Dory Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn. ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"The Oxalis cernua possesses in a high degree the qualifications we have attributed to the whole genus ; its flowers are of the purest yellow, of a delicious ..."

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