evening primrose oil

English

Noun

evening primrose oil (uncountable)

1. Oil, extracted from the seeds of the evening primrose, used as a complementary medicine (for example, to relieve premenstrual stress).

   Hypernyms: seed oil < vegetable oil < oil

   Coordinate terms: olive oil, palm oil; more

Translations

oil from the seeds of the evening primrose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月見草油 / 月见草油 (yuèjiàncǎoyóu)

• Finnish: helokkiöljy
• Portuguese: óleo de onagra m