meaning of primrose
1. 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 called also primerole, primerolles.
2. Any plant of the genus Primula.
3. Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
4. any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
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