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soursob

noun soursobs · soursop

  1. Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae), an edible wood sorrel native to South Africa. SOURSOP WEED (OXALIS CERNUA). This rather pretty looking flower has become a great pest in many gardens around the city. We are asked how it is to be got rid of. Although not nearly so difficult of eradication as nut-grass, yet so many hundreds of minute bulbs gather round the parent bulb that the m
  2. broadly Any wood sorrel, especially when used as food. Soursop. Mr. J. E. Taylor read a short paper on the “Soursop” (Oxalis). It was to be regretted that those who introduced this weed were not better acquainted with its habits.

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@misc{soursob_2026,
  title = {soursob},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soursob},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}