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evening-primrose family — noun a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales • Syn: ↑Onagraceae, ↑family Onagraceae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
evening primrose family — the plant family Onagraceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple leaves, showy flowers with four sepals and four petals, and fruit in the form of a berry or a capsule, and including the clarkia, evening primrose, fuchsia, and willow… … Useful english dictionary
evening primrose — n. any of a genus (Oenothera) of plants of the evening primrose family, with yellow, pink, or white flowers, many of which open in the evening … English World dictionary
evening primrose — noun any of several plants of the family Onagraceae • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑enchanter s nightshade, ↑common evening primrose, ↑German rampion, ↑Oenothera biennis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
evening primrose — noun Date: 1804 any of several dicotyledonous plants of a family (Onagraceae, the evening primrose family) and especially of the type genus (Oenothera); especially a coarse biennial herb (O. biennis) of North America with yellow flowers that open … New Collegiate Dictionary
evening-primrose — [ēv′niŋprim′rōz΄] adj. designating a family (Onagraceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous plants found chiefly in temperate America, including the fuchsia, sundrops, and willow herbs * * * … Universalium
evening-primrose — [ēv′niŋprim′rōz΄] adj. designating a family (Onagraceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous plants found chiefly in temperate America, including the fuchsia, sundrops, and willow herbs … English World dictionary
evening primrose — 1. a plant, Oenothera biennis, having yellow flowers that open at nightfall. 2. any of various plants of the same or related genera. [1800 10] * * * Any of various species of herbaceous plants of the genus Oenothera (family Onagraceae). They are… … Universalium
evening primrose — /ivnɪŋ ˈprɪmroʊz/ (say eevning primrohz) noun 1. a plant, Oenothera biennis, family Onagraceae, with yellow flowers that open at nightfall. 2. any of various plants of the same or related genera, displaying similar behaviour …
primrose — /prim rohz /, n. 1. any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose), of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose), of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Cf. primrose family. 2. See evening… … Universalium
