a plant of a genus that includes primroses, cowslips, and polyanthuses. Many kinds are cultivated as ornamentals, bearing flowers in a wide variety of colours in the spring.
Genus Primula, family Primulaceae
Origin:
modern Latin, from medieval Latin, feminine of primulus, diminutive of primus 'first'
primula in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of primula in the US English dictionary
