Definition of oenotheras Oenotheras

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Noun
oenothera - chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers
		genus Oenothera
		dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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oenothera
ē-nō-thē′ra, n. a genus of leafy branching plants, with yellow or purplish flowers, called also Evening, or Tree, primrose. [Gr. oinos, wine, and perh. thēran, to hunt.]