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Webster 1913 Edition
Onagrarieous
{
Onˊa-gra′ceous
(ŏnˊȧ-grā′shŭs)
, Onˊa-gra-ri′e-ous
(-grā̍-rī′ē̍-ŭs)
, } Adj.
[From NL.
Onagra
an old scientific name of the evening primrose (Œnothera
), fr. Gr. ὀνάγρα
a kind of plant; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (
Onagraceae
or Onagrarieae
), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium
), and the evening primrose (Œnothera
).