genus hesperis

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   biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers

   SynonymsHesperis

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus hesperis

What does genus hesperis mean?

genus hesperis means "biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers".

What is another word for genus hesperis?

Close synonyms include Hesperis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus hesperis a common word?

genus hesperis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.