Oxalis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
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  • n. Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
    • Word Usage
    "Librarians grow like oxalis around the crust of the town, there is no such thing as a diminutive librarian down our way, and the dreams I have at night about this very one involve ladders and falling and being caught."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herbaceous plant    Herb   
    Variant
    wood sorrel   
    Same Context
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