Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,

    Nachtkerze

    any of several plants of the family Onagraceae

  2. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,

    Especially the common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis.

  3. Any plant of family Onagraceae, the evening primrose family.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. How she loved the grey-white moths spinning in and out, over the cherry pie, over the evening primroses!

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Translations

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By meaning 1
flowering plant of the genus Oenothera:

Forms

plural: evening primroses

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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