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caprimulgid
(encz) | caprimulgid, n: |
caprimulgiform bird
(encz) | caprimulgiform bird, n: |
mountain rimu
(encz) | mountain rimu, n: |
order caprimulgiformes
(encz) | order Caprimulgiformes, n: |
order primulales
(encz) | order Primulales, n: |
orimulsion
(encz) | orimulsion, |
parimutuel
(encz) | parimutuel, |
primula
(encz) | primula,primulka n: Zdeněk Brožprimula,prvosenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
primum mobile
(encz) | primum mobile, n: |
primus
(encz) | primus, n: |
deprimuje
(czen) | deprimuje,depressesv: Zdeněk Brož |
deprimující
(czen) | deprimující,coldadj: Zdeněk Broždeprimující,depressingadj: Zdeněk Broždeprimující,dishearteningadj: Pinodeprimující,drearyadj: Zdeněk Brož |
komprimující
(czen) | komprimující,compressingadj: Zdeněk Brož |
komprimující program
(czen) | komprimující program,cruncher Zdeněk Brož |
primulka
(czen) | primulka,primulan: Zdeněk Brož |
Caprimulgidae
(gcide) | Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
the Americas) |
Caprimulgiformes
(gcide) | Caprimulgiformes \Caprimulgiformes\ n.
an order of birds including the goatsuckers
(Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo)
(family Steatornithidae).
Syn: order Caprimulgiformes.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Caprimulgus
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
Caprimulgus carolinensis
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
the Americas)Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
[1913 Webster] |
Caprimulgus Europaeus
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, {night
hawk}, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,
and dorhawk.
[1913 Webster]nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Caprimulgus europaeus
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, {night
hawk}, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,
and dorhawk.
[1913 Webster]nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Caprimulgus vociferus
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
the Americas) |
Engastrimuth
(gcide) | Engastrimuth \En*gas"tri*muth\, n. [Gr. ?; ? in + ? belly + ? to
speak: cf. F. engastrimythe.]
An ventriloquist. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
Microglossus aterrimus
(gcide) | Arara \A*ra"ra\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia
(Microglossus aterrimus).
[1913 Webster]Cockatoo \Cock`a*too"\ (k[o^]k`[.a]*t[=oo]"), n. [Malayan
kakat[=u]a.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae],
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or
Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita
or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or
great black cockatoo of Australia is {Probosciger
aterrimus} (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
parimutuel
(gcide) | parimutuel \par`i*mu"tu*el\ (p[a^]r`[i^]*m[=u]"ch[=oo]*[u^]l),
n.
A form of betting where winners share the total amount
wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for
the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing
track. In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not
have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each
outcome.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
pari-mutuel machine totalizer totaliser totalizator totalisator
(gcide) | Computer \Com*put"er\ (k[o^]m*p[=u]t"[~e]r), n.
1. One who computes.
2. (Computers) an electronic device for performing
calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to
provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of
the devices within the computer, a central processing
unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are
performed on data, a random-access memory, where the
programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to
input data and output results, and various other
peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as
circuitry to support the main operations.
Note: This modern sense of computer comprises the
stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a
calculation may be stored within the computer itself as
instructions in a program, and are then executed by
the computer without further intervention of the
operator. Different types of computer are variously
called analog computer, {number cruncher,
number-cruncher}, digital computer, and {pari-mutuel
machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator,
totalisator}.
Syn: data processor, electronic computer, information
processing system.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. (Computers) same as digital computer.
[PJC] |
Primula
(gcide) | Primula \Prim"u*la\, n. [LL. See Primrose.] (Bot.)
The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
[1913 Webster] |
Primula Auricula
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
[1913 Webster]
French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
[1913 Webster]Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[i^]p`), n. [AS. c[=u]slyppe,
c[=u]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. Slop, n.]
(Bot.)
1. A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow
blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often
cultivated in the United States.
[1913 Webster]
2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ({Caltha
palustris}), appearing in wet places in early spring and
often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than
to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.
[1913 Webster]
American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West
(Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order
(Primulace[ae]) with the English cowslip.
French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).
[1913 Webster]Bear's-ear \Bear's-ear`\ (b[^a]rz"[=e]r`), n. (Bot.)
A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the
shape of the leaf.
[1913 Webster] |
Primula auricula
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
[1913 Webster]
French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
[1913 Webster]Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[i^]p`), n. [AS. c[=u]slyppe,
c[=u]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. Slop, n.]
(Bot.)
1. A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow
blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often
cultivated in the United States.
[1913 Webster]
2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ({Caltha
palustris}), appearing in wet places in early spring and
often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than
to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.
[1913 Webster]
American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West
(Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order
(Primulace[ae]) with the English cowslip.
French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).
[1913 Webster]Bear's-ear \Bear's-ear`\ (b[^a]rz"[=e]r`), n. (Bot.)
A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the
shape of the leaf.
[1913 Webster] |
Primula farinosa
(gcide) | Bird's-eye \Bird's"-eye`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or
pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and
species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
Primula vera
(gcide) | Primula \Prim"u*la\, n. [LL. See Primrose.] (Bot.)
The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
[1913 Webster] |
Primula veris
(gcide) | Oxlip \Ox"lip`\, n. [AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.]
(Bot.)
The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).
[1913 Webster]Palsywort \Pal"sy*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed
remedial powers. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[i^]p`), n. [AS. c[=u]slyppe,
c[=u]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. Slop, n.]
(Bot.)
1. A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow
blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often
cultivated in the United States.
[1913 Webster]
2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ({Caltha
palustris}), appearing in wet places in early spring and
often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than
to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.
[1913 Webster]
American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West
(Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order
(Primulace[ae]) with the English cowslip.
French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).
[1913 Webster] |
Primula vulgaris
(gcide) | Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
[1913 Webster]
Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus
biflorus}). [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
Primulaceous
(gcide) | Primulaceous \Prim`u*la"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants
(Primulace[ae]), of which the primrose is the type, and the
pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other
examples.
[1913 Webster] |
Primum mobile
(gcide) | Primum mobile \Pri"mum mob"i*le\ [L., first cause of motion.]
(Astron.)
In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving
concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of
which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres
with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west.
See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline.
[1913 Webster]
The motions of the greatest persons in a government
ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under
primum mobile. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster] |
Primus
(gcide) | Primus \Pri"mus\, n. [L., the first.]
One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who
presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain
privileges but no metropolitan authority. --Internat. Cyc.
[1913 Webster] |
Probosciger aterrimus
(gcide) | Cockatoo \Cock`a*too"\ (k[o^]k`[.a]*t[=oo]"), n. [Malayan
kakat[=u]a.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae],
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or
Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita
or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or
great black cockatoo of Australia is {Probosciger
aterrimus} (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Symphytum asperrimum
(gcide) | Comfrey \Com"frey\, n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr.
confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal,
grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for
which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.)
A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the
genus Symphytum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the "common
comfrey" (Symphytum officinale) is used in cough
mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic "prickly comfrey"
(Symphytum asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a
forage plant.
[1913 Webster] |
Trimurti
(gcide) | Trimurti \Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[=u]rti; tri three +
m[=u]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.)
The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma,
the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
[Spelled also Trimurtti.]
[1913 Webster] |
Trimurtti
(gcide) | Trimurti \Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[=u]rti; tri three +
m[=u]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.)
The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma,
the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
[Spelled also Trimurtti.]
[1913 Webster] |
boletus pulcherrimus
(wn) | Boletus pulcherrimus
n 1: a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a
scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk |
caprimulgid
(wn) | caprimulgid
n 1: mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with
mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on
insects [syn: goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid] |
caprimulgidae
(wn) | Caprimulgidae
n 1: goatsuckers [syn: Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae] |
caprimulgiform bird
(wn) | caprimulgiform bird
n 1: long-winged nonpasserine birds |
caprimulgiformes
(wn) | Caprimulgiformes
n 1: goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds [syn: Caprimulgiformes,
order Caprimulgiformes] |
caprimulgus
(wn) | Caprimulgus
n 1: type genus of the Caprimulgidae [syn: Caprimulgus, {genus
Caprimulgus}] |
caprimulgus carolinensis
(wn) | Caprimulgus carolinensis
n 1: large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
[syn: chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis] |
caprimulgus europaeus
(wn) | Caprimulgus europaeus
n 1: Old World goatsucker [syn: European goatsucker, {European
nightjar}, Caprimulgus europaeus] |
caprimulgus vociferus
(wn) | Caprimulgus vociferus
n 1: American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
[syn: whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus] |
chilean rimu
(wn) | Chilean rimu
n 1: about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate
spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of
southern Chile [syn: Chilean rimu, {Lepidothamnus
fonkii}] |
family caprimulgidae
(wn) | family Caprimulgidae
n 1: goatsuckers [syn: Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae] |
family primulaceae
(wn) | family Primulaceae
n 1: a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a
regular flower; widely distributed in the northern
hemisphere [syn: Primulaceae, family Primulaceae,
primrose family] |
genus caprimulgus
(wn) | genus Caprimulgus
n 1: type genus of the Caprimulgidae [syn: Caprimulgus, {genus
Caprimulgus}] |
genus primula
(wn) | genus Primula
n 1: very large and important genus of plants of temperate
Europe and Asia having showy flowers |
lemmus trimucronatus
(wn) | Lemmus trimucronatus
n 1: of northwestern Canada and Alaska [syn: brown lemming,
Lemmus trimucronatus] |
mountain rimu
(wn) | mountain rimu
n 1: low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing
branches; New Zealand [syn: mountain rimu, {Lepidothamnus
laxifolius}, Dacridium laxifolius] |
order caprimulgiformes
(wn) | order Caprimulgiformes
n 1: goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds [syn: Caprimulgiformes,
order Caprimulgiformes] |
order primulales
(wn) | order Primulales
n 1: Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some
classifications) Plumbaginaceae [syn: Primulales, {order
Primulales}] |
parimutuel
(wn) | parimutuel
n 1: betting where winners share the total amount wagered |
primula
(wn) | primula
n 1: any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula
having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in
umbels or heads [syn: primrose, primula] |
primula auricula
(wn) | Primula auricula
n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly
cultivated [syn: auricula, bear's ear, {Primula
auricula}] |
primula elatior
(wn) | Primula elatior
n 1: Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-
sided umbel [syn: oxlip, paigle, Primula elatior] |
primula polyantha
(wn) | Primula polyantha
n 1: florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived
from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose [syn:
polyanthus, Primula polyantha] |
primula sinensis
(wn) | Primula sinensis
n 1: cultivated Asiatic primrose [syn: Chinese primrose,
Primula sinensis] |
primula veris
(wn) | Primula veris
n 1: early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant
yellow or sometimes purple flowers [syn: cowslip,
paigle, Primula veris] |
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