单词 | evening primrose |
释义 | evening primrosen. Originally: the plant Oenothera biennis, native to North America and widely grown elsewhere, which has spikes of yellow flowers which open in the evening. In later use more generally: any plant of the genus Oenothera, comprising annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous plants native to temperate America, having yellow, white, or pinkish flowers which open either in the evening or in the morning. Also: a flower of any of these plants. Cf. oenothera n. 2.Earlier names for these plants include tree primrose and night primrose. The species with flowers that open in the morning are often called sundrop. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > evening primrose and allied flowers tree primrose1629 primrose tree1728 Onagra1735 oenothera1754 night primrose1759 evening primrose1761 night willow-herb1770 nightly primrose1785 sundrop1785 godetia1836 1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. of Flora 12 Primrose, evening or tree... Oenothera biennis. 1763 W. Stukeley Palæographia Sacra iii. 51 Evening primrose, and all the Lysimachia's,..and others, put forth their flowers in the evening. 1806 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XXII. 1534 Œnothera biennis. Common Evening-Primrose. 1850 Monthly Jrnl. Homœopathy Sept. 72 We look into the bright eyes of the expanded evening primroses, and say a good night to the many closed flowers. 1882 Garden 22 July 64/3 The Evening Primrose covers the ground with large pale lemon flowers. 1920 H. P. Spofford Elder's People xiii. 298 He was experimenting again with an evening primrose and a white mallow. 1966 ‘J. M. Berrisford’ Wild Garden viii. 99 One of the most..accommodating self-seeders is a biennial evening primrose—Oenothera lamarckiana. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xvii. 208 Special moths come to evening primrose, which opens just for them. 2010 Ideal Home May 164/2 Include annuals and perennials such as campanula, verbascum, evening primroses, poppies, forget-me-nots and lady's mantle to banish any possibility of a painting-by-numbers style of planting. Compounds evening primrose oil n. oil extracted from the seeds of evening primroses (esp. Oenothera biennis), which is rich in linolenic acid and used as a dietary supplement and in the management of premenstrual syndrome and various other disorders. ΚΠ 1921 R. Kanthack & J. N. Goldsmith Tables Refractive Indices II. 109 Evening primrose oil. 1978 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Sept. In no sense is evening primrose oil a cure for multiple sclerosis, but it does begin to offer some hope. 2007 Women's Health Mar. 40/1 So far there's no solid science linking evening primrose oil to the reduction of PMS symptoms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761 |
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