PRIM'ROSE, noun s as z. [Latin primula veris; primus, first, and rose; literally, the first or an early rose in spring.] A plant of the genus Primula, of several varieties, as the white, the red, the yellow flowered, the cowslip, etc. Shakespeare uses the word for gay or flowery; as the primrose way.
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