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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Onagraceae .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I decided I had to have this plant (Oenothera tetragona) after I saw its bright yellow flowers filling the base of a restaurant sign in my town in late spring, after the daffodils were gone and little else was blooming.
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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It just came out of the fingertips on the laptop after witnessing the surprising movement of the yellow evening primroses, believed to be Oenothera tetragona on the hillside visible from the lazyboy in the addition from whence all Fairegarden posts arise.
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I decided I had to have this plant (Oenothera tetragona) after I saw its bright yellow flowers filling the base of a restaurant sign in my town in late spring, after the daffodils were gone and little else was blooming.
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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I decided I had to have this plant (Oenothera tetragona) after I saw its bright yellow flowers filling the base of a restaurant sign in my town in late spring, after the daffodils were gone and little else was blooming.
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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I decided I had to have this plant (Oenothera tetragona) after I saw its bright yellow flowers filling the base of a restaurant sign in my town in late spring, after the daffodils were gone and little else was blooming.
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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The evening primrose Oenothera looks yellow to us.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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There are specialists in loose sand such as dune evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and sand verbena (Abronia villosa), and others are restricted to rocky soils, such as most caterpillar weeds (Phacelia spp.).
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The evening primrose Oenothera looks yellow to us.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Its official name is Gumbo Evening Primrose and its scientific name is Oenothera caespitosa.
Wildflowers in Winter -- the Gumbo Lily Gumbo Lily 2008
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Its official name is Gumbo Evening Primrose and its scientific name is Oenothera caespitosa.
Archive 2008-01-01 Gumbo Lily 2008
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