primula
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
primula (plural primulas)
Translations[edit]
plant of Primula
References[edit]
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
Further reading[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
primula f (plural primule, diminutive primulétta)
Further reading[edit]
- primula in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- primula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
prīmula
- inflection of prīmulus:
Adjective[edit]
prīmulā
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Botany
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/imula
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Flowers
- it:Primrose family plants
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms