evening primrose

evening primrose ExamplesWord Origin noun

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

Origin of evening primrose First recorded in 1800–10 Examples from the Web for evening primrose Historical Examples of 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

1. 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