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See also: Oxalis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genus name Oxalis.
Noun[edit]
oxalis (plural oxalises)
- (horticulture) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
- 2007 April 5, Anne Raver, “Rethinking the Pots on an Old, Cracked Terrace”, in New York Times[1]:
- My oxalis and begonias are all in bloom at the windows of my bedroom.
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Translations[edit]
any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalís).
Noun[edit]
oxalis f (genitive oxalidis); third declension
- A kind of sorrel
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | oxalis | oxalidēs |
Genitive | oxalidis | oxalidum |
Dative | oxalidī | oxalidibus |
Accusative | oxalidem | oxalidēs |
Ablative | oxalide | oxalidibus |
Vocative | oxalis | oxalidēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Oxalis
References[edit]
- “oxalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press