GENUS OXALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oxalis mean? 

• GENUS OXALIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS OXALIS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels

  Familiarity information: GENUS OXALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OXALIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Oxalis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Oxalis"):

oxalis; sorrel; wood sorrel (any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis)

Holonyms ("genus Oxalis" is a member of...):

family Oxalidaceae; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family (a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers)