primula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of primula
1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule
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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 Jessie Fothergill
On the top were many interesting Alpine flowers, amongst them a charming white potentilla with a red centre; and a large cream-coloured primula, shading into deep orange.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
The primula is thus spoken of, on account of its yellow centre, also the adonis, or “pheasant’s eye,” and the blue veronica, or germander speedwell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Two double and an ordinary single primula flower.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
Among plants such a case has been met with in the primula.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
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