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Meaning of wood sorrel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈwʊdˌsɒɹəl/

Definitions

  1. A white-flowered, edible woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Any of several other species of the genus Oxalis.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština šťavel
Deutsch Sauerklee
Suomi käenkaali
日本語 酢漿草
Nederlands klaverzuring
Polski szczawik

Examples

“James learned to chew the wood sorrel for its acid flavour, to watch for its flowers closing on approach of rain, and found where the rare bird's-nest orchid grew.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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