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Answer for the clue "A day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera ", 8 letters:
sundrops

Word definitions for sundrops in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. evening primrose

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera [syn: Oenothera fruticosa ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sundrops \Sun"drops`\, n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of Kneiffia , esp. K. fruticosa (syn. [OE]nothera fruticosa ), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight.

Usage examples of sundrops.

And in the desert all around, the Joshua trees were heavy with cream-colored blossoms, and the glowing cholla branches shaded the flowering lupine and sundrops, and in the mountains the desert bighorn sheep leaped agilely down to the fresh streams to drink.