Oxalis: alternatives and connections

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Oxalis

A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Oca 76% connected

A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

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Shamrock 76% connected

A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctr…

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Sorrel 92% connected

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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