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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
).