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wood sorrel
(redirected from Oxalis acetosella)

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wood sorrel: see oxalis oxalis or wood sorrel, any species of the plant genus Oxalis. Most of the cultivated kinds are tropical herbs used as window plants.
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wood sorrel
indicates gladness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]
See : Joy


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It could just be that they are using these rosaries because they are practicing an Irish motif for their Nuptials that is clear with Oxalis acetosella and what could be more Irish than an Irish prayer beads.
Wood sorrel' ydi'r enw Saesneg arno, ac Oxalis acetosella ydi'r enw gwyddonol.
Wood sorrel ydi'r enw Saesneg arno, ac Oxalis acetosella ydi'r enw gwyddonol.
 
 
 
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