Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primrose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Primrose \Prim"rose`\, a.
Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose;
-- hence, flowery; gay. ``The primrose path of dalliance.''
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
{Prime}, a.] (Bot.)
(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}.
(b) Any plant of the genus {Primula}.
{Evening primrose}, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
{Primrose peerless}, the two-flowered Narcissus ({N.
biflorus}). [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
primrose
n : any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula
having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in
umbels or heads [syn: {primula}]
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