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Definition of 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 Primulaceae
Literary usage of Primulaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"primulaceae. PRIMROSE FAMILY LYSIMACHIA. LOOSESTRIFE L. NUMMULARIA, L. Money wort.
Frequent as a troublesome weed in lawns. L. producta, Fernald. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"primulaceae. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical.—Dropsy ; wandering. Heart, pressure
at. Characteristics.—Cooper cured with P. vulg. ..."
3. 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 ..."
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