noun
a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
• Syn: ↑Primulaceae, ↑family Primulaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulales, ↑order Primulales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Primula, ↑Anagallis, ↑genus Anagallis, ↑Centunculus, ↑genus Centunculus, ↑genus Cyclamen, ↑Glaux, ↑genus Glaux, ↑Hottonia, ↑genus Hottonia, ↑Lysimachia, ↑genus Lysimachia, ↑Samolus, ↑genus Samolus
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the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
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primrose family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs found chiefly in northern temperate regions, grown for their showy flowers. The family includes the primrose, cyclamen, shooting star, brookweed, and pimpernel.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.