·noun A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves;
— called also wood sorrel.
oxălis, ĭdis, f., = ὀξαλίς, a sort of sorrel , garden sorrel , Plin. 20, 21, 85, § 231. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.