evening primrose

noun

a plant, Oenothera biennis, having yellow flowers that open at nightfall.
any of various plants of the same or related genera.

Origin of evening primrose

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby evening primrose

evening dress, evening emerald, evening gown, evening grosbeak, evening prayer, evening primrose, evening primrose family, evening primrose oil, evening school, evening star, evening stock

Example sentences from the Web for evening primrose

  • In another locality I might have brought him dwarf cornel, or the houstonia, or wood-sorrel, or the evening-primrose.

    Under the Maples |John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for evening primrose

evening primrose

noun

any onagraceous plant of the genus Oenothera, native to North America but widely cultivated and naturalized, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening