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Oxalis - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | OXALIS, in botany, a large genus of small herbaceous plants, comprising, with a few small allied genera, the natural order Oxalidaceae. |
 | | The leaves, as in the other species of the genus, show a "sleep-movement," becoming pendulous at night. |
 | | Oxalis crenata, Oca of the South Americans, is a tuberous-rooted half-hardy perennial, native of Peru. |
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