primrose family
the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
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How to use primrose family in a sentence
Blarney (Lady), one of the flash women introduced by squire Thornhill to the primrose family.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.The seeds of several species of water plants of the genus Trapa, of the evening primrose family (Onagrace).
The Nut Culturist | Andrew S. FullerThe cowslip, a species of primrose, is a European plant and belongs to the primrose family.
The Spring of the Year | Dallas Lore SharpThis is one of that section of the primrose family having stout scapes and compact heads of bloom.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers | John WoodThere were other flowers unfamiliar to me and hundreds of big blossoms of what I took to be a member of the primrose family.
The Black Wolf Pack | Dan Beard
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