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primerole

primerole


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primerole  \Prim"er*ole\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  See  {Primrose}.  [Obs.]  ``She  was  a  primerole.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  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.]