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English primrose
noun
See under primrose (def. 1).
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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.
3.
pale yellow.
adjective
4.
of or pertaining to the primrose.
5.
Also, prim·rosed. abounding in primroses: a primrose garden.
6.
of a pale yellow.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English primerose < Medieval Latin prīma rosa first rose
1375–1425; late Middle English primerose < Medieval Latin prīma rosa first rose
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Word Origin & History
primrose
1413, primerose, from O.Fr. primerose (12c.), from M.L. prima rosa, lit. "first rose," so called because it blooms early in spring. Parallel name primula (1101) is from O.Fr. primerole, from M.L. primula "primrose," shortened from primula veris "firstling of spring," prop. fem. of L. primulus, dim. of
EXPANDprimus; but primerole was used in O.Fr. and M.E. of other flowers (cowslips, field daisies). The primrose path is from "Hamlet" I, iii.
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