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primrose - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

primrose (plural primroses)

  • 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.1
    • ✤ Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog’s violet.2
    • Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.
      • ✤ Synonyms: plumrock (obsolete), plumrose
  • A plant of the family Primulaceae.
  • A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.
  • A flower of a primrose plant.
  • A light yellow colour.
    • ✤ primrose:

Adjective

primrose (comparative more primrose, superlative most primrose)

  • 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.3

Verb

primrose (third-person singular simple present primroses, present participle primrosing, simple past and past participle primrosed)

  • (intransitive) To pick primroses.
    • ✤ We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.

Etymology

From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283: ↩

  2. 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13: ↩

  3. 1961 February, “New “Mini-Buffets” from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79: ↩

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