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primula
/ˈpɹɪmjələ/
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What does primula mean?
noun
- Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
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I have re-tested this summer the functional difference of the two forms in Primula, and find all strictly accurate.
They are specially to be found in the genera arenaria, silene, diapensia, primula, saxifraga, arabis, aubrietia, veronica, campanula, gentiana.
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I will here give only a single instance,—the well-known one of the primrose and cowslip, or Primula veris and elatior.
The remarkable conditions represented in plants with three kinds of flowers, such as Lythrum and Oxalis, agree in essentials with those in Primula.
But on examining the common species of Primula I found that the two forms were much too regular and constant to be thus viewed.