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œnothera
‖ œnothera Bot. (iːnəʊˈθɪərə, commonly iːˈnɒθərə) [L. œnothēra, a. Gr. οἰνοθήρας, name of some plant, f. οἶνος wine + -θήρας -catcher: commonly taken as = ‘wine-trap’ (see quots.); but some Gr. authors have the name as ὀνοθήρας ass-catcher (in Pliny onothēra); another name was ὀνάγρα = ass-trap.] Th... Oxford English Dictionary
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onagra
▪ I. ‖ onagra1 Bot. (ˈɒnəgrə) [L. onagra, a. Gr. ὀνάγρα, fem. deriv. of ὄναγρος: see prec.] A former name for the genus œnothera.1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 392 There are yet..Onagra, Larkspur. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 289.▪ II. ‖ onagra2 [pseudo-Latin, fem. of onager.] A female wild ass;... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bradley Moore Davis
Besides special articles on the morphology and cytology of algæ, fungi, and liverworts, and studies in the Œnothera, he was coauthor with J. Y. wikipedia.org
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onagraceous
onagraceous, a. Bot. (ɒnəˈgreɪʃəs) [f. mod.Bot.L. Onagrāceæ, f. onagra1: see -aceous.] Belonging to the family Onagraceæ, of which Onagra or Œnothera is the typical genus. So onagrad (ˈɒnəgræd), Lindley's name for a plant of this order.1845 Lindley Veg. Kingd. (1853) 724 The Onagrads..are in general... Oxford English Dictionary
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scabish
ˈscabish U.S. [? Corruption of scabious n.] The Evening Primrose, Œnothera biennis.1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 159. 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 263. Oxford English Dictionary
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mutate
▪ I. mutate, a. and n. (ˈmjuːteɪt) [ad. L. mūtāt-us, pa. pple. of mūtāre to change.] A. adj. Bot. Changed. rare—0.1840 in Paxton Bot. Dict. B. n. 1. Gram. A form having a mutated vowel.1875–6 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 558 Several of the words given above may also be mutates, such as ded, sed, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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primrose
▪ I. primrose, n. (a.) (ˈprɪmrəʊz) Forms: 5 prymrose, prima rose, 5–6 prymerose, prime rose, 5–7 primerose, 6 pryme rose, (prymer rose, primorose,) Sc. prymross, 7 prim rose, prim-rose, prime-rose, 6– primrose. [Late ME. primerose (1413: see (c) below; not used by Chaucer or Gower; occurring in seve... Oxford English Dictionary
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sundrops
ˈsundrop(s [f. sun n.1 + drop n.] Any of the species of Œnothera (evening primrose) which open in sunlight.1796 Nemnich Polygl.-Lex., Sundrop, Oenothera. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. App. 132 Œnothera..fruticosa (shrubby œnothera, sun-drop). 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 131 Sundrops. Oxford English Dictionary
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saltation
saltation (sælˈteɪʃən) [ad. L. saltātiōn-em, n. of action f. saltāre to saltate.] 1. a. Leaping, bounding, or jumping; a leap.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. iii. 236 Locusts..being ordained for saltation, their hinder legs doe far exceed the other. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 129 Those odd Epile... Oxford English Dictionary
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œ
œ (in the earliest times, and now often, written separately oe) was in Early Old English the symbol of the i-umlaut of ó, o, as in fœt, foet, soecan, œhtan, oehtan, doubtless originally sounded like Ger. ö, œ, but afterwards written (and sounded) simply é, e, in which form it came down into Middle E... Oxford English Dictionary
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genetical
genetical, a. (dʒɪˈnɛtɪkəl) [f. genetic + -al1.] = genetic a. † Also, in early use = synthetic (cf. genesis 3).1654 Whitlock Zootomia Pref. A viij b, I love books that make use of Sciences, not compile them into their Geneticall, or Analyticall Parcels. 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. i. xi. (1858) 45 A com... Oxford English Dictionary
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mutable
mutable, a. and n. (ˈmjuːtəb(ə)l) Also 5 muitable. [ad. L. mūtābil-is changeable, f. mūtāre to change: see -able.] A. adj. 1. a. Liable or subject to change or alteration.c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. 107 (Camb. MS.) The whiche destynal causes, whan they passen owt fro the bygynnynges of the vnm... Oxford English Dictionary
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evening
▪ I. evening, n.1 (ˈiːvnɪŋ) Forms: 1 ǽfnung, 3 eveningue, 4–6 evenyng(e, (7 Sc. e'ening), 3– evening. [OE. ǽfnung, verbal n. f. ǽfnian ‘to grow towards evening’, f. ǽfen even n. The vb. occurs in K. ælfred tr. Greg. Dial. (Hatton MS.) i. x, Þa þa se dæᵹ æfnode. Also in tr. Bæda de Temp., Sax. Leechd... Oxford English Dictionary
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mutability
mutability (mjuːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ) [a. F. mutabilité, ad. L. mūtābilitās: see next and -ity.] 1. Disposition to change, variableness, inconstancy.c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 851 Now sith hire whiel by no way may soiorne, what wastow if hire mutabilite Ryght as þi seluen list wol don by the. 1412–20 Lydg. Troy... Oxford English Dictionary
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cure-all
ˈcure-ˌall Something that cures all diseases; a universal remedy, panacea. Also fig.1870 Lowell Cathedral Poet. Wks. (1879) 452 Expect..A wondrous cure-all in equality. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 741 It has been vaunted as a cure-all. b. As a name for various plants: see quots. (C... Oxford English Dictionary
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