Example sentences for: primrose

How can you use “primrose” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It might have been a primrose, although they usually grow in woods and under hedges.

  • 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.

  • A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.

  • The word primrose is often believed to be derived from the Latin prima rose `first rose.

  • 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.


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