Onagrarieous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Onagraceous \On`a*gra"ceous\ ([o^]n`[.a]*gr[=a]"sh[u^]s),
  Onagrarieous \On`a*gra*ri"e*ous\ (-gr[asl]*r[imac]"[-e]*[u^]s),
     a. [From NL. Onagra an old scientific name of the evening
     primrose ({[OE]nothera}), fr. Gr. 'ona`gra a kind of plant;
     of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
     Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants


     ({Onagraceae} or {Onagrarieae}), which includes the fuchsia,
     the willow-herb ({Epilobium}), and the evening primrose
     ({[OE]nothera}).
     [1913 Webster]