OENOTHERA BIENNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oenothera biennis mean? 

• OENOTHERA BIENNIS (noun)
  The noun OENOTHERA BIENNIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OENOTHERA BIENNIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OENOTHERA BIENNIS (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 ("Oenothera biennis" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

An oil extracted from the seeds of the plant Oenothera biennis, a North American native biennial branching shrub with small yellow flowers.

(Evening Primrose Oil, NCI Thesaurus)