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Definition of Family Primulaceae
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Primulales, Primulales
Member holonyms: Genus Primula, Anagallis, Genus Anagallis, Centunculus, Genus Centunculus, Genus Cyclamen, Genus Glaux, Glaux, Genus Hottonia, Hottonia, Genus Lysimachia, Lysimachia, Genus Samolus, Samolus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Primulaceae
Literary usage of Family Primulaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae) Four-leaved or Whorled Loosestrife; Crosswort
Lysimachia quadrifolia Flowers—Yellow, streaked with dark red, £ in. across or ..."
2. The Town of St. Johnsbury, Vt.: A Review of One Hundred Twenty-five Years to by Edward Taylor Fairbanks (1914)
"... Family Sarraceniaceae Pitcher Plant Plantain Family Plantaginaceae Plantain
Common English Primrose family Primulaceae Loosestrife Bulb-bearing Fringed ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"family Primulaceae. Primrose Family. Contains about 28 genera and 350 species,
widely distributed. All are herbs, with regular flowers, ..."
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