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Meaning of "onagraceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ONAGRACEOUS

Via New Latin Onagrāceae, from Latin onager.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ONAGRACEOUS

ˌɒnəˈɡreɪʃəs


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 · camphoraceous · cichoraceous · cylindraceous · disgracious · droseraceous · gracious · lythraceous · ochraceous · oleraceous · ostraceous · papaveraceous · papyraceous · passifloraceous · piperaceous · ungracious · unveracious · veracious · voracious · zinziberaceous

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONAGRACEOUS»

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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
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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
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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
REFERENCE
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