Definition of English primrose

1. Noun. Plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Primula Vulgaris
Generic synonyms: Primrose, Primula

Lexicographical Neighbors of English Primrose

English iris
English ivy
English lady crab
English language
English lavender
English muffin
English muffins
English oak
English opening
English partridge
English people
English person
English plantain
English plus
English primrose (current term)
English professor
English rhinoplasty
English rose
English roses
English runner bean
English saddle
English saddles
English setter
English sole
English sonnet
English sonnets
English sparrow
English springer

Literary usage of English primrose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"These are the English primrose (P. acaulis), the cowslip (P. ... The cowslip, oxlip, and English primrose are excellent subjects for massing or naturalizing ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Nassau, pt. i. 2124, 6s. — Richard. A special Help to Orthographie ; or, the True-writing of English. Lond. 1643. 4to. English primrose ..."

3. Idle Days in Patagonia by William Henry Hudson (1893)
"... pale, yellow buds unfold, and called it, when speaking in Spanish, by its quaint native name of James of the night, and, in English, primrose simply. ..."

4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1857)
"The English primrose is not found in the hills, but a plant with a palish pink flower, called the Sikkim primrose, is abundant in the neighbourhood. ..."

5. The English Grammar Schools to 1660: Their Curriculum and Practice by Foster Watson (1908)
"The English primrose: Far surpassing al others of this kinde, that ever grew in any English garden: by the ful sight whereof, there will manifestly appear ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"... in the English primrose. His general conclusions are that the flowers of this plant are both close- and cross-pollinated efficiently. ..."

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