Definition of Oxalis acetosella

1. Noun. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers.

Exact synonyms: Common Wood Sorrel, Cuckoo Bread, Shamrock
Generic synonyms: Oxalis, Sorrel, Wood Sorrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxalis Acetosella

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

Literary usage of Oxalis acetosella

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

1. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"... so named because of its reputed efficacy as a gargle in sore throat and quinsy. CXC. Oxalis acetosella, L. WOOD-SORREL. Nat. ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Oxalis acetosella. OXALIS ACETOSA, gen. Oxal'idin, (from •{tic, ' ucid,' owing to the sharpness of its juice,) Rumex ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Oxalis acetosella, L.—Sal. (Pulverbatch). Cuckoo-sorrel. ... Oxalis acetosella, L.—Hal. Wr. Cuckoo-spit. (1) Cardamine pratensis, L.—' In the north of ..."

4. Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal by George Spratt (1829)
"The Oxalis acetosella is a perennial plant, flowering in April and May ; it is very ... The root of the Oxalis acetosella grows horizontal, is granulated, ..."

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