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Look up: Primrose

  1. Primrose
    (Primula) This is a large group of plants commonly known as the Primrose. They are mostly hardy perennial herbs and are natives of Europe and temperate Asia, Java and North America. Only one kind, P. magellanica, is found south of the Equator, in southern South America. Some Primroses, such as P. vu...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/primula.html

  2. primrose
    [n] - any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Primrose
    Prim'rose` noun [ Middle English primerole , French primerole , a derivative from Late Latin primula , from Latin primus first. See Prime , adjective ] (Botany) (a) An early fl...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/162

  4. Primrose
    Prim'rose` adjective Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay. 'The primrose path of dalliance.' Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/162

  5. primrose
    <botany> An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. Vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly ... Synonym: primerole, primerolles. ... Any plant of the genus Primula. Evening primrose, an erect bienn...
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  6. primrose
    primula noun any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Primrose
    • (a.) Any plant of the genus Primula. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay. • (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, t...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. primrose
    flowering plants of the genus Primula (including Cortusa, Dionysia, and Dodatheon), of the family Primulaceae, with 490–600 species, chiefly ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/113

  9. Primrose
    Primrose is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Primrose Flower, meaning First Rose` Where is it used? The name Primrose is mainly used In English. The name Primrose doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Primrose seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Pri

  10. Primrose
    Primrose is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. primrose
    primrose, common name for the genus Primula of the Primulaceae, a family of low perennial herbs with species found on all continents, most frequently in north temperate regions. Among the better-known members of the family are the primroses (genus Primula), cyclamens (genus Cyclamen), pimpernels (ge...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08401

  12. Primrose
    The primrose (Primula) is a genus of mostly hardy herbaceous plants belonging to the family Primulaceae. They bear flowers with a tubular or bell-shaped calyx and an infundibuliform or salver-shaped corolla.
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  13. primrose
    Any of a group of plants belonging to the primrose family, with showy five-lobed flowers. The common primrose (P. vulgaris) is a woodland plant, native to Europe, with abundant pale yellow flowers in spring. Related to it is the cowslip. (Genus Primula, famil...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  14. Primrose
    (musical) `Primrose` is a musical in three acts with a book by Guy Bolton and George Grossmith Jr., lyrics by Desmond Carter and Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. It centers on a writer whose story-within-a-story forms the basis of the plot. It was written expressly for the L...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose



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13 February 2012

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