oenothera

British

/ ˌiːnəˈθɪərə /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of oenothera

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

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We gathered twenty species of flowers here, among them a tiny scarlet mallow and a white oenothera or evening primrose.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various

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