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Definition of Cape primrose
1. Noun. Any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Primrose
Literary usage of Cape primrose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Some fancie-rn of Cape primrose-s advise propagating select types by leaf cuttings
or- by division. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... the stemless species, with several or many radical more or less primula-like
leaves (whence the English name "Cape primrose"); the stem-bearing species, ..."
3. More Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Maria Theresa Villiers Earle (1899)
"Take, for example, those charming greenhouse flowers the Cape primrose (Streptocarpus).
Sow this seed in January, and the greatest difficulty is experienced ..."
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