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Primrose

//ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a light yellow colour.

    "Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name from English. Britain, rare

    "Mother said, "How do you like Primrose? It sounds fresh and pretty." Milly-Molly-Mandy thought it sounded a very nice name. […] And then she decided, as the baby had come in the spring-time, it had better be Primrose."

Noun
  1. 1
    A flowering plant of the genus Primula.

    "A mile or so further on is the intermediate station of Ryhall, smothered with primroses in the season, and at all times a veritable flower garden."

  2. 2
    any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads wordnet
  3. 3
    A flowering plant of the genus Primula.; Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.
  4. 4
    A plant of the family Primulaceae.
  5. 5
    A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.
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  1. 6
    A flower of a primrose plant.
  2. 7
    A light yellow colour.
Verb
  1. 1
    To pick primroses. intransitive

    "We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.

Etymology 2

From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.

Etymology 3

From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this might be that some primroses are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring.

Etymology 4

The surname derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland, from Brythonic words meaning "tree" + "moor", changed by folk etymology because of phonetic resemblance to primrose. The given name is one of the 19th-century flower names.

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