Polyanthus vs. Primrose

Any of a group of hybrid garden primroses having clusters of variously colored flowers.

Any of numerous plants of the genus Primula, having large basal leaves and clusters of variously colored flowers with a five-lobed bell-shaped or salverform corolla. Also called primula.

A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.

A flowering plant of the genus Primula.

The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Tazetta, or Narcissus polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.

Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.

florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose

A plant of the family Primulaceae.

A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.

A flower of a primrose plant.

A light yellow colour.

Of a light yellow colour.

(intransitive) To pick primroses.

An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (Primula vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.

Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; - hence, flowery; gay.

any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads