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COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common evening primrose mean? 

COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE (noun)
  The noun COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE has 1 sense:

1. a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europeplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common evening primrose; German rampion; Oenothera biennis

Hypernyms ("common evening primrose" is a kind of...):

evening primrose (any of several plants of the family Onagraceae)


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