Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the Onagraceæ, a family of plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceæ or Onagrarieæ), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (Œnothera).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of or relating to the
family Onagraceae offlowering plants , including thefuchsia and theevening primrose .
Etymologies
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Onagraceae + -ous
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Examples
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In the first place the cruciate flowers of some onagraceous plants should be remembered.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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