Definition of Oxalis violacea

1. Noun. Perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers.

Exact synonyms: Violet Wood Sorrel
Generic synonyms: Oxalis, Sorrel, Wood Sorrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxalis Violacea

Owen Wister
Owenian
Owenite
Owenites
Owens
Owensboro
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis cernua
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis violacea (current term)
Oxandra
Oxandra lanceolata
Oxbridge
Oxbridgian
Oxfam
Oxford
Oxford English
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University
Oxford blue
Oxford comma
Oxford commas
Oxford movement
Oxford shoe

Literary usage of Oxalis violacea

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine Or Flower-garden Displayedby William Curtis, John Sims by William Curtis, John Sims (1803)
"Am. Sept. 1. p. 322. Hort. Ä'cto. ed. alt. 3. p. 122. OXALIS violacea ... OXALIS violacea is a native of North America, from New England to Carolina. ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"Field observations showed that this rust always occurred in localities where plants of Oxalis violacea and Berberis repens were closely associated, ..."

3. Introduction to Botany by William Chase Stevens (1902)
"Oxalis violacea. Draw an entire plant, including the bulb and roots. ... Compare Oxalis violacea with Oxalis stricta, or other obtainable species. Acer. ..."

4. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"Oxalis violacea, Linn.; Torr. & Gray, PI. 1, p. 211. Between the Pecos and Devil's river and the Eio G-rande ; Copper Mines, New Mexico; Bigelow, Parry. ..."

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