Primula

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
  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

Etymology

The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early.

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