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ENGLISH PRIMROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does English primrose mean?
• ENGLISH PRIMROSE (noun)
The noun ENGLISH PRIMROSE has 1 sense:
1. plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers
Familiarity information: ENGLISH PRIMROSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
English primrose; Primula vulgaris
Hypernyms ("English primrose" is a kind of...):
primrose; primula (any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads)
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