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EVENING PRIMROSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several plants of the family Onagraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("evening primrose" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evening primrose"):
enchanter's nightshade (any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere)
common evening primrose; German rampion; Oenothera biennis (a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe)
Oenothera fruticosa; sundrops (a day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera)
Missouri primrose; Oenothera macrocarpa; Ozark sundrops (evening-opening primrose of south central United States)
Holonyms ("evening primrose" is a member of...):
evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales)
