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单词 oenothera
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  • MacDougal also obtained a more or less distinct mutant of Oenothera biennis.

    Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
  • The European types of Oenothera biennis and O. muricata are in the same condition.

    Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
  • Oenothera biennis has been seen bearing flowers of three different colours.

    The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.|Charles Darwin

oenothera

/ (ˌiːnəˈθɪərə) /

noun

any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family OnagraceaeSee evening primrose

Word Origin for oenothera

C20: from Greek oinothēras, ?from onothēras a plant whose roots smell of wine

Words nearby oenothera

oenochoe, oenology, oenomel, Oenone, oenophile, oenothera, OEO, o'er, oersted, Oerter, OES
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