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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Bot.)

Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (

Primulaceæ

), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.

primulaceous ‎(not comparable)

(botany) Characteristic of the primrose and other plants of the order Primulaceae