oenothera

/ ˌiːnəˈθɪərə /

noun

any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family Onagraceae See evening primrose

C20: from Greek oinothēras , ?from onothēras a plant whose roots smell of wine

The Œnothera tribe will furnish some beauty: notably the sweetly coloured Œ.

The name Œnothera is from two Greek words, meaning wine and a hunt, or pursuit.

The genus Godetia is closely allied to that of Œnothera; but is distinguished from the latter in several points.

This botanist, working on the Œnothera Lamarckiana, obtained at the end of a few generations a certain number of new species.

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