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Definition of Primula
1. Noun. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
Group relationships: Genus Primula
Specialized synonyms: English Primrose, Primula Vulgaris, Cowslip, Paigle, Primula Veris, Oxlip, Paigle, Primula Elatior, Chinese Primrose, Primula Sinensis, Auricula, Bear's Ear, Primula Auricula, Polyanthus, Primula Polyantha
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Primula
1. n. The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
Definition of Primula
1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Primula''; the primroses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Primula
1. primrose [n -S] - See also: primrose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primula
Literary usage of Primula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"Thus in primula officinalis and villosa, as in all dimorphic species, intercrossing
of Fie 51. different plants takes place naturally; and, as Mr. Darwin ..."
2. A Young Scholar's Letters: Being a Memoir of Byron Caldwell Smith by Byron Caldwell Smith, Day Otis Kellogg (1897)
"Beautiful flower, primula Veris, Fair one, I call thee Faith's flower symbol.
Trustful, hast'neth Forward to meet thee Heaven's first greeting, ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"ON THE BOTANICAL WORK WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN THE GENUS primula SINCE THE LAST
... The last primula Conference was held in June 1886, and since that two ..."
4. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1896)
"IT has long Been known to botanists that the common Cowslip (primula veris, Brit.
Flora, var. officinalis, Lin.) exists under two forms, about equally ..."
5. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1897)
"primula veris or the Cowslip—Differences in structure between tho two ... IT has
long been known to botanists that the common Cowslip (primula veris, Brit. ..."
6. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1889)
"primula veris or the Cowslip—Differences in structure between tli« two ...
IT has long been known to botanists that the common Cowslip (primula veris, Brit. ..."
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