evening primrose
noun
: any of several dicotyledonous plants of a family (Onagraceae, the evening-primrose family) and especially of the type genus (Oenothera)
especially : a coarse biennial herb (O. biennis) of North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This Sunday Riley face oil will melt into your skin with its vitamin C, turmeric, and evening primrose oil, that brightens and leaves your skin glowing. 
Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 2 Sep. 2022 Lidbeck-Brent contrasted the solid forms of the sunflowers with the black pods of Baptisia, long thin okra pods, yucca, oak leaves, a dark red sumac plume, an evening primrose seed stalk, Scabiosa, and hibiscus pods. Penelope O'sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022 Pleasing's Everybody Oil Matte Moisture Glow is a nourishing body oil that nourishes skin with soothing and moisturizing nutrients like chamomile, jojoba, evening primrose oil, and buckthorn berry. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 July 2022 Ingredients include wild plum juice, shea butter, green tea, and evening primrose. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 Jack Trimper has a list of all the native plants that grow in his yard — evening primrose, milkweed, fleabane — all scrawled in careful cursive, one below the other. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2022 Omega-rich evening primrose oil moisturizes and soothes inflammation. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022 The showy yellow flowers of Hooker’s evening primrose brighten up the forest. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022 The Lone Star State is home to some 2,700 different wildflower species, including the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush, and pink evening primrose. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2022 See More
Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 2 Sep. 2022 Lidbeck-Brent contrasted the solid forms of the sunflowers with the black pods of Baptisia, long thin okra pods, yucca, oak leaves, a dark red sumac plume, an evening primrose seed stalk, Scabiosa, and hibiscus pods. Penelope O'sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022 Pleasing's Everybody Oil Matte Moisture Glow is a nourishing body oil that nourishes skin with soothing and moisturizing nutrients like chamomile, jojoba, evening primrose oil, and buckthorn berry. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 July 2022 Ingredients include wild plum juice, shea butter, green tea, and evening primrose. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 Jack Trimper has a list of all the native plants that grow in his yard — evening primrose, milkweed, fleabane — all scrawled in careful cursive, one below the other. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2022 Omega-rich evening primrose oil moisturizes and soothes inflammation. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022 The showy yellow flowers of Hooker’s evening primrose brighten up the forest. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022 The Lone Star State is home to some 2,700 different wildflower species, including the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush, and pink evening primrose. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1761, in the meaning defined above