单词 | onagra |
释义 | Onagran.1 Botany. Now disused. A former genus of plants that comprised the evening primroses, now placed in the genus Oenothera; a plant of this former genus. Cf. oenothera n.Valid publication of the genus name: P. Miller Gardeners Dict.: Abridged (ed. 4, 1754), after earlier use by J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 302. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > evening primrose and allied flowers tree primrose1629 primrose tree1728 Onagra1735 oenothera1754 night primrose1759 evening primrose1761 night willow-herb1770 nightly primrose1785 sundrop1785 godetia1836 1726 R. Bradley Dict. Bot. II Onagra, i.e. Chamænerium flore Delphinii.] 1735 P. Miller Gardener's Dict. II Onagra, Tree Primrose. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 319 Those Annuals sown late,..Onagra, Larkspur. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 289 The French call the Evening Primrose L. Onagre... It was formerly termed Onagra, the ‘ass food’, by botanists. 1911 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38 461 (title) Cryptomeric inheritance in Onagra. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † onagran.2 humorous. Obsolete. rare. A she-ass, a female onager. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus hemionus (Asiatic wild ass) onagera1398 mule1607 dziggetai1793 kulan1793 onagra1860 kiang1869 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. 196 Gerard..had put his Onagra in harness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.11735n.21860 |
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