Definition of Primula vulgaris

1. Noun. Plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: English Primrose
Generic synonyms: Primrose, Primula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primula Vulgaris

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

Literary usage of Primula vulgaris

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

1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Primula vulgaris, Huds. (fig. 498). Primary root behaving differently in different soils. ... Primula vulgaris. A, grown in sand. Nat. eize. ..."

2. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1835)
"Leaves all radical, inversely egg-oblong, hoary, more finely downy and soft than in either Primula vulgaris, or P. elatior, contracted in the middle, ..."

3. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"Take him with many flowers in one conferr'd, He 's worthy Jove e'en now he has a beard." COWLEY ON PLANTS, Book IV. POLYANTHUS. Primula vulgaris. ..."

4. Handy Book of the Flower-garden by David Thomson (1893)
"Primula vulgaris (acaulis) (Primrose), 6 inches—March to May. ... Primula vulgaris, single and double, yellow. The whole of these are very charming spring ..."

5. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"On the form of the Capsule and Seeds as affording a specific character in Primula vulgaris (Huds.), P. veris (Linn.), and P. elatior (Jacq.). By the Rev. ..."

6. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"Primula vulgaris (acaulis) (Primrose), 6 inches—March to May. ... Primula vulgaris, single and double, purple. The whole of these are very charming spring ..."

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