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wood-sorrel family

wood-sorrel family

8.9
A group of flowering plants like wood-sorrel with leaves divided into parts and flowers with five petals
  • noun
  • /wʊdˈsɔrəl ˈfæmɪli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : familia de las oxalidáceas
  • Many garden flowers, such as the common yellow oxalis, belong to the wood-sorrel family.

Examples

  • Researchers discovered a new genus within the wood-sorrel family in South America.

  • The wood-sorrel family includes plants found in both temperate and tropical regions.

  • The wood-sorrel family includes many interesting species.

  • Did you know that the wood-sorrel family has edible plants?

  • Many garden flowers, such as the common yellow oxalis, belong to the wood-sorrel family.

  • Researchers discovered a new genus within the wood-sorrel family in South America.

  • The wood-sorrel family includes plants found in both temperate and tropical regions.

Synonyms

Oxalidaceae
vswood-sorrel family
  • Specialized
9.9

A family of small flowering plants like wood-sorrel with leaves in groups of three and five-part flowers

is the common descriptive name for the same group rather than the formal label

Surface Forms

wood-sorrel family singular
wood-sorrel families plural

Morphology

wood-sorrel + family

The phrase is a straightforward nominal composition: 'family' denotes a taxonomic/grouping and 'wood-sorrel' identifies the plant type, so 'wood-sorrel family' means the family (group) of wood-sorrel plants. This is a literal, compositional structure commonly found cross-linguistically and would be understandable to a B1 learner who already knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Wood-sorrel family: The name wood-sorrel family comes from the common plant wood-sorrel. That plant often grows in woods and the word sorrel points to its 'sour' taste, while 'family' means a group of related plants, so the name means a group of plants related to wood-sorrel.