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Definition of Genus Oxalis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels.
Group relationships: Family Oxalidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Wood-sorrel Family
Member holonyms: Oxalis, Sorrel, Wood Sorrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oxalis
Literary usage of Genus Oxalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The genus Oxalis comprises a great number of species ; some of -which are shrubby
and some herbaceous, many having tuberous roots, but some being annual, ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Contains about 7 genera and 270 species, 250 of which are comprised in the single
genus Oxalis. They are herbs of variable habit, or in a few instances ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"genus Oxalis OXALIS (Greek, oxys, sharp ; all the species having acid juices).
A genus comprising about two hundred and twenty species of herbs and (a few) ..."
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