oenothera [ˌiːnəˈθɪərə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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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| Noun | 1. |  Oenothera - chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowersdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination evening-primrose family, family Onagraceae, Onagraceae - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales |
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