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Example sentences for: primrose

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A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.
However, primrose is a relatively recent name for the flower, being first recorded only in the 15th century, and no Old English name for it is known.
The remarkable ability of most species of Primula to hybridize with ease whenever they meet has further confused the English names of the primrose and its close relatives.
The spring flower we call the primrose ( Primula vulgaris ) is native to Britain and presumably has had English names as long as the language has been spoken in the British Isles.
It is possible that before the 15th century both the primrose and the cowslip ( Primula veris ) were regarded as one and the same and called cowslips [Old English cuslippe ]. Since where the two species grow near to each other they hybridize freely giving rise to intermediate forms, the need for two names might not have been apparent in earlier times.