Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
Œnothera . - noun The female of the wild ass or onager.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The female of the onager.
- proper noun (Bot.) Same as Oenothera, a genus of plants consisting of the evening primrose.
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Examples
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The species of the sub-genus _Onagra_ to which _Lamarckiana_ belongs were originally confined to America
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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The genus _Oenothera_ is to a large degree devoid of varietal characteristics, especially in the subgenus _Onagra_, to which
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Following this line backward or downward we reach another apparent mutation-period, which includes the origin of [709] the group called _Oenothera_, with a large number of species of the same general type as the _Onagra-forms, Still farther downward comes the old genus
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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To be plain, Gerard, who never had a friend he did not master, had put his Onagra in harness.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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State Rep. Shane Cultra, R-Onagra, said he would prefer to see spending cuts, but acknowledged tax increases could be coming.
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If I were in the same situation, I probably would have voted 'no' as well, "state Rep. Shane Cultra, R - Onagra, said.
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