primula

American  

[prim-yuh-luh] / ˈprɪm yə lə /

noun

1. primrose.

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primula British  

/ ˈprɪmjʊlə /

noun

1. any primulaceous plant of the N temperate genus Primula, having white, yellow, pink, or purple funnel-shaped flowers with five spreading petals: includes the primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus

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Etymology

Origin of primula

1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule

Example Sentences

"I think I've got enough now," said Bethea, as she laid the last primula in her basket.

From Soap-Bubble Stories For Children by Barry, Fanny

In that window stood a small work-table, with a flower-pot upon it containing a lilac primula.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

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)

Like the common primrose, the primula exhibits both pin-eyed and thrum-eyed varieties.

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