sundrops

sundrops
/sun"drops'/, n., pl. sundrops.
any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
[1775-85, Amer.; SUN + DROP + -S3]

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  • sundrops — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1784 any of several day flowering herbs (genera Oenothera and Calylophus) of the evening primrose family …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • K fruticosa — Sundrops Sun drops , n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of {Kneiffia}, esp. {K. fruticosa} (syn. {[OE]nothera fruticosa}), of the Evening primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • OEnothera fruticosa — Sundrops Sun drops , n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of {Kneiffia}, esp. {K. fruticosa} (syn. {[OE]nothera fruticosa}), of the Evening primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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