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soursobs

soursobs is the plural of soursob.

Meaning of soursob

Noun

soursob (plural soursobs)

  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...1898, Queensland Agricultural Journal, volume 3, page 175
    1. (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.1905, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia, volume 8, page 701

Questions about soursobs

What is soursobs the plural of?
Soursobs is the plural of soursob.

Words near soursobs in the dictionary

  1. sours
  2. sours on
  3. soursap
  4. soursaps
  5. soursob
  6. soursobs
  7. soursop
  8. soursops
  9. sourstuff
  10. sourtop blueberries
  11. sourtop blueberry

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