primrose
any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris(English primrose ), of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis(Chinese primrose ), of China, having flowers in a variety of colors.: Compare primrose family.
pale yellow.
of or relating to the primrose.
Also primrosed . abounding in primroses: a primrose garden.
of a pale yellow.
Origin of primrose
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How to use primrose in a sentence
Zutant has since stepped back from Barkada day-to-day in order to dedicate time to primrose.
But he put such thoughts from him—he had made his choice long ago, and it was not the primrose-path.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairBut the third sign—the first primrose and violet—was always the happiest, as well as quite the earliest.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarHis hair was a little less primrose coloured than it had been (pomatum does darken hair a little), but his eyes had not altered.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThe names of the plant are a puzzle; botanically it is a primrose, but it is never so called.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
It was also a flower name, but not of our present primrose, but of a very different plant.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
British Dictionary definitions for primrose
/ (ˈprɪmˌrəʊz) /
any of various temperate primulaceous plants of the genus Primula, esp P. vulgaris of Europe, which has pale yellow flowers
short for evening primrose
Also called: primrose yellow a light to moderate yellow, sometimes with a greenish tinge
of, relating to, or abounding in primroses
of the colour primrose
pleasant or gay
Origin of primrose
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