evening-primrose family
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| Noun | 1. | evening-primrose family - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae Circaea, genus Circaea - enchanter's nightshade Epilobium, genus Epilobium - large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas genus Fuchsia - large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers genus Oenothera, Oenothera - chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers evening primrose - any of several plants of the family Onagraceae |
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