Primrose Synonyms & Definitions

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• PrimroseDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
3. (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.

• Primrose LeagueDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in 1883. So called because primrose was (erroneously, it is said) taken to be the favorite flower of the Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.