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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Onagraceous \On`a*gra"ceous\, Onagrarieous \On`a*gra*ri"e*ous\, a. [From NL Onagra an old scientific name of the evening primrose (Enothera), fr Gr ? a kind of plant; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Pertaining to or resembling, a natural order of plants ({Onagrace[ae]} or {Onagrarie[ae]}), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb ({Epilobium}), and the evening primrose ({[OE]nothera}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Epilobium n : large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas [syn: {Epilobium}, {genus Epilobium}]
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