Definition of Family Primulaceae

1. Noun. A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Primulaceae

family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae (current term)
family Pristidae
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae
family Procyonidae
family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae

Literary usage of Family Primulaceae

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

1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae) Four-leaved or Whorled Loosestrife; Crosswort Lysimachia quadrifolia Flowers—Yellow, streaked with dark red, £ in. across or ..."

2. The Town of St. Johnsbury, Vt.: A Review of One Hundred Twenty-five Years to by Edward Taylor Fairbanks (1914)
"... Family Sarraceniaceae Pitcher Plant Plantain Family Plantaginaceae Plantain Common English Primrose family Primulaceae Loosestrife Bulb-bearing Fringed ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"family Primulaceae. Primrose Family. Contains about 28 genera and 350 species, widely distributed. All are herbs, with regular flowers, ..."

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