wood sorrel /ˈwʊdˌsɒɹəl/ noun2 •A white-flowered, edible woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella.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. — 1977 •Any of several other species of the genus Oxalis. formswood sorrels · wood-sorrels