Meaning Of The Word Wood sorrel

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wood sorrel in American English
any of a genus (Oxalis, family Oxalidaceae) of creeping dicotyledonous plants (order Geraniales) with white, pink, red, or yellow, five-parted flowers and cloverlike compound leaves that contain oxalic acid: found in cool, shaded, damp woods
noun: any of numerous plants of the genus Oxalis, esp. O. acetosella, of Eurasia, having heart-shaped, trifoliolate leaves and white, pink-veined flowers

wood sorrel in British English
noun: a Eurasian plant, Oxalis acetosella, having trifoliate leaves, an underground creeping stem, and white purple-veined flowers: family Oxalidaceae

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