HyperDic: evening-primrose_family

English > 1 sense of the expression evening-primrose family:
NOUNplantevening-primrose family, Onagraceae, family Onagraceaea large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
English > evening-primrose family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales.
SynonymsOnagraceae, family Onagraceae
Member ofMyrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order ThymelaealesMyrtaceae
MembersCircaea, genus Circaeaenchanter's nightshade
Epilobium, genus Epilobiumlarge widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
Oenothera, genus Oenotherachiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers
evening primroseAny of several plants of the family Onagraceae
genus Fuchsialarge genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers
Broaderrosid dicot familyA family of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishonagráceas
CatalanOnagraceae, onagràcia, onagràcies

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