GENUS OENOTHERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oenothera mean? 

• GENUS OENOTHERA (noun)
  The noun GENUS OENOTHERA has 1 sense:

1. chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers

  Familiarity information: GENUS OENOTHERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OENOTHERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Oenothera; Oenothera

Hypernyms ("genus Oenothera" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Holonyms ("genus Oenothera" is a member of...):

evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales)