primrose
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1. primrose - Noun
2. primrose - Adjective
3. primrose - Verb
4. Primrose - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
Any plant of the genus Primula.
Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
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Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
The fields from Islington to Marybone, To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood, Were builded over with pillars of gold And there Jerusalem's pillars stood.
A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.
Free trade is the serial killer of American manufacturing and the Trojan Horse of World Government. It is the primrose path to the loss of economic independence and national sovereignty. Free trade is a bright shining lie.
O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles, like a puffd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. counsel.