Phrase guide

wood sorrel

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwʊdˌsɒɹəl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A white-flowered, edible woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several other species of the genus Oxalis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oxalis, sorrel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella, Bermuda buttercup, English-weed, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua, creeping oxalis, creeping wood sorrel, Oxalis corniculata, goatsfoot, goat's foot, Oxalis caprina, violet wood sorrel, Oxalis violacea, oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: basoetako mingotsa — Oxalis acetosella
  • Bulgarian: зайчи киселец (zajči kiselec) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Catalan: pa de cucut de bosc — Oxalis acetosella
  • Danish: skovsyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Dutch: witte klaverzuring — Oxalis acetosella
  • Esperanto: okzalo — Oxalis acetosella
  • Faroese: skarðssýrusmæra — Oxalis acetosella
  • Finnish: käenkaali — Oxalis acetosella
  • Finnish: ketunleipä — Oxalis acetosella
  • Galician: trevo acedo — Oxalis acetosella
  • Galician: aleluia — Oxalis acetosella
  • Galician: pan de cuco — Oxalis acetosella
  • German: Waldsauerklee — Oxalis acetosella
  • Ancient Greek: ὀξύς (oxús) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Ingrian: jäniksensoolaheinä — Oxalis acetosella
  • Irish: seamair choille — Oxalis acetosella
  • Italian: acetosella — Oxalis acetosella
  • Japanese: 小深山傍食 (komiyama katabami) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Komi-Permyak: шӧмкор (šömkor) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Komi-Zyrian: шома кор (šoma kor) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Macedonian: кисе́лица (kisélica) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Eastern Mari: мераҥлашка (meraŋlaška) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Western Mari: моренлӓшкӓ (morenläškä) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjøkesyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kløversyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: siris — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogsyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syreblad — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søtsyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaffelhjerte — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gauksyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaukesyre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaukegras — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaukvaffel — Oxalis acetosella
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syreblom — Oxalis acetosella
  • Old English: ġēaces sūre — Oxalis acetosella
  • Polish: szczawik zajęczy — Oxalis acetosella
  • Portuguese: acetosela — Oxalis acetosella
  • Portuguese: azedinha — Oxalis acetosella
  • Portuguese: aleluia — Oxalis acetosella
  • Romanian: măcrișul-caprei — Oxalis acetosella
  • Romanian: măcrișor — Oxalis acetosella
  • Russian: кисли́ца (kislíca) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Slovak: kyslička obyčajná — Oxalis acetosella
  • Spanish: aleluya — Oxalis acetosella
  • Swedish: harsyra — Oxalis acetosella
  • Turkish: ekşi yonca — Oxalis acetosella
  • Tuvan: чажыл (çajıl) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Udmurt: кузьыттурынкуар (kuźytturynkuar) — Oxalis acetosella
  • Welsh: suran y coed — Oxalis acetosella
  • Welsh: suran yr ŷd — Oxalis acetosella
  • Czech: šťavel — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Danish: surkløver — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Dutch: klaverzuring — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Finnish: käenkaali — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • German: Sauerklee — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Japanese: 酢漿草 (katabami) — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Kazakh: саумалдық (saumaldyq) — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Kikuyu: ndabibi — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Eastern Mari: аракавуч (arakavuč) — plant of the genus Oxalis
  • Polish: szczawik — plant of the genus Oxalis