Definition of Primula elatior

1. Noun. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.

Exact synonyms: Oxlip, Paigle
Generic synonyms: Primrose, Primula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primula Elatior

Prilep
Prilosec
Prima
Primat
Primates
Primats
Primaxin
Prime Minister
Primeira Liga
Primitive Irish
Primitive Methodist
Primitive Methodists
Primorsky Krai
Primrose
Primula auricula
Primula elatior (current term)
Primula polyantha
Primula sinensis
Primula veris
Primula vulgaris
Primulaceae
Primulales
Primus
Primus stove
Prince-of-Wales'-heath
Prince-of-Wales feather
Prince-of-Wales fern
Prince-of-Wales plume

Literary usage of Primula elatior

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1835)
"Limb of the Corolla much smaller than in the Oxlip (Primula elatior ), concave ... Primula elatior ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"Note on the Primula elatior, I am glad to find that the Primula elatior has, this season, claimed the attention of some of our eminent English botanists, ..."

3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"Primula elatior and violets (Viola ? canina) in very great profusion intermixed, ... I watched many hive-bees visiting flowers of Primula elatior, ..."

4. Annual Report and Proceedings of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1841)
"After the examination of a great number of specimens of Primula elatior, both British and Foreign, Mr. Forbes has never met with one which agreed with this ..."

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