primula

American  

[prim-yuh-luh] / ˈprɪm yə lə /

noun

1. primrose.

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primula British  

/ ˈprɪmjʊlə /

noun

1. any primulaceous plant of the N temperate genus Primula, having white, yellow, pink, or purple funnel-shaped flowers with five spreading petals: includes the primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus

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Etymology

Origin of primula

1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule

Example Sentences

They are specially to be found in the genera arenaria, silene, diapensia, primula, saxifraga, arabis, aubrietia, veronica, campanula, gentiana.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

Two delightful varieties of primula were new to me, and were just coming out, one of them being almost black in colour.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

Like the common primrose, the primula exhibits both pin-eyed and thrum-eyed varieties.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

The primula is thus spoken of, on account of its yellow centre, also the adonis, or “pheasant’s eye,” and the blue veronica, or germander speedwell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

There were flowers everywhere in big bowls—red rambler roses, primula, sweet williams, Shasta daisies, and scarlet poppies.

From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Hamilton, Cosmo