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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ONAGRACEOUS

Via New Latin Onagrāceae, from Latin onager.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ONAGRACEOUS

onagraceous  [ˌɒnəˈɡreɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONAGRACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onagraceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ONAGRACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of onagraceous in the English dictionary

The definition of onagraceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Onagraceae, a family of flowering plants including fuchsia and willowherb.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONAGRACEOUS


burseraceous
ˌbɜːsəˈreɪʃəs
camphoraceous
ˌkæmfəˈreɪʃəs
cichoraceous
ˌsɪkəˈreɪʃəs
cylindraceous
ˌsɪlɪnˈdreɪʃəs
disgracious
dɪsˈɡreɪʃəs
droseraceous
ˌdrɒsəˈreɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
lythraceous
lɪˈθreɪʃəs
ochraceous
əʊˈkreɪʃəs
oleraceous
ˌɒləˈreɪʃəs
ostraceous
ɒsˈtreɪʃəs
papaveraceous
pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs
papyraceous
ˌpæpɪˈreɪʃəs
passifloraceous
ˌpæsɪflɔːˈreɪʃəs
piperaceous
ˌpɪpəˈreɪʃəs
ungracious
ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs
unveracious
ˌʌnvəˈreɪʃəs
veracious
vɛˈreɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs
zinziberaceous
ˌzɪnzɪbəˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONAGRACEOUS

on-line data processing
on-off
on-off switch
on-ramp
on-screen
on-site
on-street parking
on-the-job
on-the-job training
on-the-spot fine
onager
onagri
onanism
onanist
onanistic
Onassis
onbeat
onboard
onboard computer
onboarding

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONAGRACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of onagraceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «onagraceous» into 25 languages

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onagraceous
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onagraceous
570 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
510 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
380 millions of speakers
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onagraceous
280 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
278 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
270 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
260 millions of speakers

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onagraceous
220 millions of speakers

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Onagraceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

onagraceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

onagraceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

onagraceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Onagraceous
85 millions of speakers
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onagraceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

onagraceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुगंधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

onagraceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onagraceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onagraceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

onagraceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onagraceous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

onagraceous
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

onagraceous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

onagraceous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

onagraceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onagraceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONAGRACEOUS»

The term «onagraceous» is normally little used and occupies the 138.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONAGRACEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about onagraceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONAGRACEOUS»

Discover the use of onagraceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onagraceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catalog of Fossil Spores and Pollen (Volume 1)
Rudolph (T8) describes onagraceous pollen from the Pliocene of Czechoslovakia, and Thiergart TEQ) describes and illustrates a pollen grain from the Oligocene of Germany, Pollenites oculus noctis, which is clearly onagraceous and is very ...
Kremp G. O. W., Ames H. T., Grebe H.
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British Wild Flowers
The Onagraceous family, known among the British Calyciflores with an inferior ovary, by the parts of the flower being all in twos or fours, is very well illustrated by the Great Willow Herb,* a handsome perennial, found by the side of ditches and ...
Thomas Moore, 1867
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The English Cyclopaedia: Geography
Thus Hippurit, which has only one stamen, no petals, and a 1-celled ovary, is regarded as a case of degradation from the Onagraceous type ; and Lopezia, with only one perfect stamen, one imperfect stamen, and two petals, is considered ...
Charles Knight, 1867
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English ...
Upon this supposition, they are looked upon as an imperfect condition of the Onagraceous type, bearing the same relation to it as Sanguiiorbea to Rotacea, Chamalauciea to Myrtcuxa, or Mimotea to other Fabacea. But in the present ...
Charles Knight, 1867
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
... anthers bursting outwards, a two-celled ovary with an indefinite number of ovules and a capsular fruit. They are South American and Mexican bushes, looking like monopetalous Onagraceous plants, of doubtful affinity, and of no known use.
‎1837
6
Edwards's botanical register, or ornamental flower garden ...
among Onagraceous plants to the indefinite stamens of Myrtaceae. The whole genus, indeed, shews this to a certain extent, but in no case so distinctly as in that before us. In the genus Eucharidium there are but four stamens ; in Godetia there  ...
‎1837
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The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
Thus Hippuris, which has only one stamen, uo petals, and a pao-celled ovary, is regarded as a case of degradation from the Onagraceous type; and Lopezia, with only one perfect stamen, one imperfect stamen, and two petals, is considered ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1840
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The field botanist's companion: comprising a familiar ...
The Onagraceous family, known among the British Calyciflores with an inferior ovary, by the parts of the flower being all in twos or fours, is very well illustrated by the Great Willow Herb,* a handsome perennial, found by the side of ditches and ...
Thomas Moore, 1862
9
Catalog of Fossil Spores and Pollen: Cretaceous and Tertiary
Rudolph (78) describes onagraceous pollen from the Pliocene of Czechoslovakia, and Thiergart 1J36) describes and illustrates a pollen grain from the Oligocene of Germany, Pollenites o cuius noctis, which is clearly onagraceous and is very ...
Gerhard Otto Wilhelm Kremp, 1957
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The Penny Cyclopaedia. Volume. VII.
They are South American and Mexican bushes, looking like monopetalous Onagraceous plants, of doubtful affinity, and of no known use. (Lindley's Natural System of Botany, ed. 2, p. 240.) [Columellia oblongaJ l. A flower seen from above. 2.
‎1837

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