Primrose Definition

prĭmrōz
primroses
noun
primroses
Any of a genus (Primula) of plants of the primrose family, having variously colored, tubelike corollas with five spreading lobes.
Webster's New World
The flower of any of these plants.
Webster's New World
The light yellow of some primroses.
Webster's New World
Any of various other plants, as the evening primrose.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the primrose.
Webster's New World
Light-yellow.
Webster's New World
Designating a family (Primulaceae, order Primulales) of dicotyledonous plants principally in the Northern Hemisphere, with flowers in clusters on a leafless stem, including loosestrife and cyclamen.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name. Rare, and of mostly British usage.
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Other Word Forms of Primrose

Noun

Singular:
primrose
Plural:
primroses

Origin of Primrose

  • Middle English primerose from Old French from Medieval Latin prīma rosa first rose Latin prīma feminine of prīmus first prime Latin rosa rose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Invented in the 19th century from the flower primrose.

    From Wiktionary

Primrose Sentence Examples

  • The peduncle is simple, bearing a single flower, as in primrose; or branched, as in London-pride.

  • The borough includes almost the whole of Regent's Park, with a portion of Primrose Hill north of it.

  • The leaves form a radical rosette as in Primula (primrose, cowslip, &c.), or there is a well-developed aerial stem which is erect, as in species of Lysimachia, or creeping, as in Lysimachia Nummularia (creeping jenny or money-wort).

  • The same year he was recalled to Bordeaux, where he was appointed the colleague of Dr Primrose; and when Francis Gomarus was removed to Leiden, Cameron, in 1618, was appointed professor of divinity at Saumur, the principal seminary of the French Protestants.

  • I have bought others, including primrose and lady's smock.

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