HyperDic: primrose_family

English > 1 sense of the expression primrose family:
NOUNplantprimrose family, Primulaceae, family Primulaceaea dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower
English > primrose family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
SynonymsPrimulaceae, family Primulaceae
Member ofPrimulales, order PrimulalesPrimulaceae
MembersAnagallis, genus Anagallischiefly Old World herbs
Centunculus, genus CentunculusA dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae
Glaux, genus Glauxsea milkwort
Hottonia, genus Hottoniaaquatic herbs
Lysimachia, genus Lysimachialoosestrife
Samolus, genus Samolusgenus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes
genus Cyclamengenus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves
genus PrimulaVery large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishprimuláceas
CatalanPrimulaceae, primuláceas

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