Evening-primrose meaning

    Any of various plants of the family Onagraceae and especially the genus Oenothera of the Americas, having four-petaled usually yellow flowers that open in the evening and whose seeds yield an oil used in herbal medicine.
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    Any of a genus (Oenothera) of plants of the evening-primrose family, with yellow, pink, or white flowers, many of which open in the evening.
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    Designating a family (Onagraceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous plants found chiefly in temperate America, including the fuchsia, sundrops, and willow herbs.
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    Any of various plants of the family Onagraceae and especially the genus Oenothera of the Americas, having four-petaled usually yellow flowers that open in the evening and whose seeds yield an oil used in herbal medicine.
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    Various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae, especially the common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis.
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    Evening-primrose Sentence Examples

    • borage oil is an even richer source of GLA than evening primrose oil You've probably heard of evening primrose oil.

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    • Fish oil supplementation versus evening primrose oil supplementation Trial B compared fish oil against evening primrose oil supplementation Trial B compared fish oil against evening primrose oil in 29 patients.

    • evening primrose oil (EPO ), comes from the seeds of the evening primrose plant.

    • evening primrosed Spread: The longevity of common evening-primrose seeds in soil has been given as 50 or more years.

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