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oenothera
/ ˌiːnəˈθɪərə /
noun
- any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family Onagraceae See evening primrose
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oenothera1
C20: from Greek oinothēras , ?from onothēras a plant whose roots smell of wine
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Example Sentences
Oenothera biennis has been seen bearing flowers of three different colours.
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The European types of Oenothera biennis and O. muricata are in the same condition.
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MacDougal also obtained a more or less distinct mutant of Oenothera biennis.
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The classical example of a mutating plant is the evening primrose of the species Oenothera lamarckiana.
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We gathered twenty species of flowers here, among them a tiny scarlet mallow and a white oenothera or evening primrose.
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