fairy primrose

noun

A Chinese ornamental (Primula malacoides) grown for its large, rose to pink flowers, grouped in many-flowered umbels.

Meanings

nounfairy primrose (plural fairy primroses)

plural fairy primroses

  1. A Chinese ornamental (Primula malacoides) grown for its large, rose to pink flowers, grouped in many-flowered umbels.

    Synonyms: baby primrose

  2. A species of flowering plant in the Primrose family (Primula minima).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Chinese ornamental (Primula malacoides) grown for its large, rose to pink flowers, grouped in many-flowered umbels.

Translations

Bulgarian люлякова иглика
  • люлякова иглика (ljuljakova iglika)Primula malacoides
Polish pierwiosnek ślimakowaty, pierwiosnek miękki
  • pierwiosnek ślimakowatyPrimula malacoides
  • pierwiosnek miękkiPrimula malacoides
  • pierwiosnek maleńkiPrimula minima
  • pierwiosnka maleńkaPrimula minima
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Chicago

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