primula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of primula
1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On the way I managed to collect for Wollaston a number of the seeds of that lovely blue primula which I had found in flower here in August.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
Among the smaller flowers were the large pink saxifrage, while the deep reddish-purple primula covered every open space.
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
On our left the mountain rose bare and steep, fringed with a few straggling bushes, and here and there a clinging patch of rose-coloured primula.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.
Why should we call larkspur Delphinium? or a forget-me-not Myostis Palustria, and would a primrose by the river's brim ever be to you or to me primula vulgaris?
From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
