genus oenothera

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   chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers

   SynonymsOenothera

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofOnagraceae

Questions about genus oenothera

What does genus oenothera mean?

genus oenothera means "chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers".

What is another word for genus oenothera?

Close synonyms include Oenothera. 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 oenothera a common word?

genus oenothera 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.