primula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of primula
1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule
Example Sentences
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Among plants such a case has been met with in the primula.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall
Two delightful varieties of primula were new to me, and were just coming out, one of them being almost black in colour.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
There is a little snow and some ice, and the snow patches are bordered by a small rosy primula, 6 delicate white tulips, and the violet penguicula so common on our moorlands.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Among the smaller flowers were the large pink saxifrage, while the deep reddish-purple primula covered every open space.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
Cases in point are those of the primula flowers and the Andalusian fowls.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall
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