Library / English Dictionary

EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales

Synonyms:

evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("evening-primrose family" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "evening-primrose family"):

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)

Holonyms ("evening-primrose family" is a member of...):

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

Credits