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Definition of Primula veris
1. Noun. Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primula Veris
Literary usage of Primula veris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... crossed seedlings greatly superior to the self-fertilised— Anagallis
collina—primula veris—Equal-styled variety of primula veris, fertility of, ..."
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. 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. ..."
4. 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. ..."
5. 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 ..."
6. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"... primula veris grows plentifully. Daphne Laureola, L. Very rare near Plymouth.
In a wood, on limestone, between Puslinch Bridge and Yealmpton. ..."
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