Oxalis

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Translingual

Oxalis acetosella

Etymology

From Latin oxălis (“garden sorrel”), from Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalís), ὀξύς (oxús).

Proper noun

Oxalis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including most of the wood sorrels.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Oxalidales - order; Oxalidaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Oxalis subg. Monoxalis, Oxalis subg. Oxalis, Oxalis subg. Thamnoxys, Oxalis subg. Trifidus - subgenera
- Oxalis acetosella (cuckoo bread, European wood sorrel, Irish shamrock, common wood sorrel) - type species; for others of the numerous species see Oxalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .

Coordinate terms

(genus in Oxalidaceae): Averrhoa, Biophytum, Dapania, Sarcotheca - genera

Derived terms

References

Oxalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oxalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Oxalis at USDA Plants database
Oxalis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Oxalis at the Catalogue of Life
Oxalis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Oxalis at The Plant List

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