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.

Group relationships: Genus Streptocarpus
Generic synonyms: Streptocarpus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Primrose

Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdeans
Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Cape buffalo
Cape buffalos
Cape dagga
Cape hunting dog
Cape kafferboom
Cape lion
Cape lions
Cape lobster
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope Province
Cape periwinkle
Cape primrose
Cape triangle
Cape triangles
Cape tulip
Capek
Capella
Capet
Capetian
Capetian dynasty
Capeverdean
Capeverdean Crioulo
Capgras
Capgras' phenomenon
Capgras' syndrome
Capgras delusion

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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