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evening primroses

evening primroses is the plural of evening primrose.

Meaning of evening primrose

Noun

evening primrose (plural evening primroses)

  1. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,
    1. especially the common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis.
  2. Any plant of family Onagraceae, the evening primrose family.
    • The evening primrose plant family (Onagraceae) offers an ideal system to test predictions relating to the role of sexual recombination and segregation on diversification (Fig. 1). In many evening primrose species […].2011 June 7, Marc T. J. Johnson, Richard G. FitzJohn, Stacey D. Smith, Mark D. Rausher, Sarah P. Otto, “LOSS OF SEXUAL RECOMBINATION AND SEGREGATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DIVERSIFICATION IN...

Questions about evening primroses

What is evening primroses the plural of?
Evening primroses is the plural of evening primrose.

Words near evening primroses in the dictionary

  1. evening out
  2. evening prayer
  3. evening prayers
  4. evening primrose
  5. evening primrose oil
  6. evening primroses
  7. evening school
  8. evening schools
  9. evening star
  10. evening stars
  11. evening tea

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