evening primrose family

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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 herb.

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How to use evening primrose family in a sentence

Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
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The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
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A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
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In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
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What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
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