Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Primrose

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Primrose


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(1):

(a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.

(2):

(a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.