fairy primrose

noun

a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.

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There was the Fairy Primrose in a gown of pale yellow, and Cowslip, who wore a robe of the same colour, but of a deeper shade.