Cape sorrel

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Noun

Cape sorrel (plural Cape sorrels)

  1. Any of species Oxalis pes-caprae of yellow-flowered sorrels, native to parts of the Middle East, naturalized elsewhere.
    Synonyms: Bermuda buttercup, soursop
    • 2010, Kathleen Graber, “Angels Unawares”, in Agni‎[1], number 71, page 143 of 142-144:
      Outside, the electric yellow caps of cape sorrel & the white
      of the mustard & wild narcissus are pressed flat along the headlands.

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