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Meanings of primrose in inglês

português
prímula
catalão
prímula
espanhol
prímula

Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.

prímula
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Examples for "primula"
Examples for "primula"
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The primula family likes to keep on the move and likes nice conditions.
The Irish Times
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Even the drumstick primula are reduced to a pathetic few.
The Irish Times
3
There were flowers everywhere in big bowls-red rambler roses, primula, sweet williams, Shasta daisies, and scarlet poppies.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
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They are specially to be found in the genera arenaria, silene, diapensia, primula, saxifraga, arabis, aubrietia, veronica, campanula, gentiana.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
5
The banks were still brown, but they were patched with great beds of rose-pink primula, blue gentian, and yellow dog pansies.
The Adventures of Akbar
Usage of primrose in inglês
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A breath of honeysuckle lifted to Howat Penny; the sky was primrose.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
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Then the grey turned to primrose, and the primrose grew to red.
Allan Quatermain
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Among those still in bloom were the evening primrose, soapwort, and marjoram.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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You must wear the blue and primrose, with the distracting high-heeled shoes.
Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories
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Its patinated finish works really well with the primrose yellow cupboard doors.
The Irish Times
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The flowers in the beds of English primrose were almost Day-Glo bright.
Dark rivers of the heart
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Low to the grass is a single primrose and several bright celandines.
The Guardian
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She had primrose-coloured gloves that fitted her hands like a second skin.
The Moonstone
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Winifred Ames has a yellow one to go with her primrose panels.
Mistress Anne
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Here then we regathered red-tipped daisies, large pimpernels, and one tiny primrose.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
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On the whole, the primrose is a poet's and a painter's flower.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
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Oh, I do not mean mere flirtatious passages, bits of primrose philandering.
The Little Lady of the Big House
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It was a simple matter of primrose magic and-faeries ;nothingelse.
The Primrose Ring
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In the east the sky turned faintly primrose, the creek glowed faintly pink.
Diane of the Green Van
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It was the great evening primrose or the primrose of Lamarck.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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Broad ribbons of clear jade streaked the primrose of the sky.
Where the Sun Swings North
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português
prímula
Primrose through the time
Primrose across language varieties
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