| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ox·a·lis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k s -l s, k-s ls |
| NOUN: | Any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, having often cloverlike compound leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers that are usually clustered in umbels. Also called wood sorrel. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin oxalis, wood sorrel, from Greek, from oxus, sour. See ak- in Appendix I.
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