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Definition of Family Oxalidaceae
1. Noun. A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Genus Oxalis, Averrhoa, Genus Averrhoa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Oxalidaceae
Literary usage of Family Oxalidaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"WOOD-SORREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae) White or True Wood-sorrel; Alleluia Oxalis
acetosella Flowers—White or delicate pink, veined with deep pink, ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
and others. The flax family (Linaceae). Example, flax (Linum vul- garis). ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
and others. The flax family (Linaceae). Example, flax (Linum vul- garis). ..."