primrose-colored
1primrose — Synonyms and related words: aureate, auric, beige, buff, buff yellow, canary, canary yellow, choice, citron, citron yellow, coral, cream, creamy, ecru, elite, fallow, fat, flaxen, flower, gilded, gilt, gold, gold colored, golden, incarnadine,… …
2primrose — [prim′rōz΄] n. [ME primerose < MFr, altered (infl. by rose, ROSE1) < OFr primerole, primrose < ML primula, flower, daisy, primrose < L primus, first: see PRIME] 1. any of a genus (Primula) of plants of the primrose family, having… …
3primrose — noun Etymology: Middle English primerose, from Anglo French, from prime first + rose rose more at prime, rose Date: 14th century any of a genus (Primula of the family Primulaceae, the primrose family) of perennial herbs with large tufted basal… …
4sulphur-colored — a. Yellow, lemon colored, primrose colored, citrine, citron colored, greenish yellow …
5baby primrose — noun 1. : a Chinese primrose (Primula forbesii) having numerous small pale lilac flowers 2. : fairy primrose * * * a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose or lilac colored flowers with a …
6fairy primrose — noun 1. : a Chinese primrose (Primula malacoides) with long stalked leaves and lilac or rose flowers 2. : a European alpine primrose (Primula minima) * * * a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or… …
7baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose or lilac colored flowers with a yellow center. * * * …
8bird's-eye primrose — a hardy primrose, Primula farinosa, of alpine regions of Europe and Asia, having small, lilac colored flowers with yellow throat and eye. [1810 20] * * * …
9fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac colored flowers. * * * …
10bird's-eye primrose — noun : any of several bright flowered primroses; especially : bird s eye 1a * * * a hardy primrose, Primula farinosa, of alpine regions of Europe and Asia, having small, lilac colored flowers with yellow throat and eye. [1810 20] …
