Meaning

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

    Primel

More definitions
  • any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Primulas are spring flowers.

    dePrimeln sind Frühlingsblumen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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By meaning 1
plant of Primula:

Origin

The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (

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

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Forms

plural: primulas
Singularprimula
Pluralprimulas

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads:primrose

See also

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