Definition of Oxalises

1. oxalis [n] - See also: oxalis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxalises

oxalate
oxalate calculus
oxalated
oxalates
oxalating
oxaldehyde
oxaldehydes
oxalethyline
oxalic
oxalic acid
oxaline
oxalinic
oxalinic acid
oxaliplatin
oxalis
oxalises
oxalite
oxalites
oxalo
oxalo-
oxaloacetate
oxaloacetate tautomerase
oxaloacetate transacetase
oxaloacetates
oxaloacetic acid
oxalocrotonate
oxalocrotonic acid
oxalosis
oxalosuccinic acid
oxalosuccinic carboxylase

Literary usage of Oxalises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. More Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Marie Theresa Villiers Earle (1899)
"Like most of the finer Oxalises, it is a native of the Cape. ... Like all the Oxalises, the flowers are very sensible to light, and only expand thoroughly ..."

2. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"Succulent stemmed plants as cactuses need less water than do thin-leaved ones as oxalises, and leathery, glossy-leaved plants, like an India rubber plant ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"... whether in response to an external stimulus, as in certain mimosas, oxalises, etc., or as a spontaneous p eriodic movement, such as the " sleep" of many ..."

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