单词 | onagraceous |
释义 | onagraceousadj. Botany. Of or relating to the family Onagraceae, of which Onagra (now Oenothera) was the type genus, and which includes plants such as the evening primroses, willowherbs, and fuchsias. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [adjective] onagraceous1842 onagrad1929 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 802/1 Myrtaceæ are nearly related to the Onagraceous order. 1862 T. Moore Field Botanist's Compan. 94 The Onagraceous family..is very well illustrated in the Great Willow Herb. 1914 Science 3 Apr. 490/2 This condition is well nigh universal in the species of this Onagraceous genus. 1940 Amer. Midland Naturalist 23 456 Botanists, encountering them for the first time, have judged them onagraceous or even leguminous! 1965 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 633 Development of the..embryo follows various..regular patterns; the best known is the onagraceous or cruciferous type. 1993 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 80 622/2 Fossilized viscin threads have been reported..in dispersed pollen of onagraceous affinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842 |
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