primrose

[US]/'prɪmrəʊz/
[UK]/'prɪmroz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pale yellow color; early spring flower; color like primrose
adj. pale yellow; of the color primrose; pleasant.
Word Forms
Pluralprimroses

Phrases & Collocations

yellow primrose

purple primrose

evening primrose

evening primrose oil

primrose oil

primrose yellow

Example Sentences

She is in the primrose of her life.

they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring.

a spray of mixed violets and primroses

Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare.

If we followed your advice we’d all be walking down the primrose path to ruin.

blithely unaware of his doom, he continued down his primrose path.

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

The investigators and editorialist speculate that the same is true for evening primrose oil, another source of gamma linolenic acid (GLA).

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