Definition of Family Oxalidaceae

1. Noun. A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers.

Exact synonyms: Oxalidaceae, Wood-sorrel Family
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Genus Oxalis, Averrhoa, Genus Averrhoa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Oxalidaceae

family Orchestiidae
family Orchidaceae
family Orectolobidae
family Oriolidae
family Ornithorhynchidae
family Orobanchaceae
family Orycteropodidae
family Oscillatoriaceae
family Osmeridae
family Osmundaceae
family Ostraciidae
family Ostraciontidae
family Ostreidae
family Otariidae
family Otididae
family Oxalidaceae (current term)
family Oxyuridae
family Paeoniaceae
family Paguridae
family Palaemonidae
family Palinuridae
family Palmaceae
family Palmae
family Pandanaceae
family Pandionidae
family Panorpidae
family Papaveraceae
family Papilionacea
family Paradisaeidae
family Paridae

Literary usage of Family Oxalidaceae

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

1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"WOOD-SORREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae) White or True Wood-sorrel; Alleluia Oxalis acetosella Flowers—White or delicate pink, veined with deep pink, ..."

2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) and others. The flax family (Linaceae). Example, flax (Linum vul- garis). ..."

3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) and others. The flax family (Linaceae). Example, flax (Linum vul- garis). ..."

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