Primrose
noun
1.
any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose) of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose) of China, having flowers in a variety of colors.
Compare primrose family.
2.
evening primrose.
3.
pale yellow.
adjective
4.
of or relating to the primrose.
5.
Also, primrosed. abounding in primroses:
a primrose garden.
6.
of a pale yellow.
noun
1.
Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
noun
1.
any of various temperate primulaceous plants of the genus Primula, esp P. vulgaris of Europe, which has pale yellow flowers
2.
short for evening primrose
3.
Also called primrose yellow. a light to moderate yellow, sometimes with a greenish tinge
adjective
4.
of, relating to, or abounding in primroses
5.
of the colour primrose
6.
pleasant or gay
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