English primrose
- noun
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primavera inglesa
- The English primrose blooms beautifully in spring.
Examples
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Gardeners often choose the English primrose for borders because of its cheerful appearance.
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In the spring, the fields were dotted with wild English primrose flowers.
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My grandmother planted an English primrose in her garden for its delicate yellow blooms.
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I planted an English primrose in my garden.
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The garden was brightened by the yellow English primrose blooming in early spring.
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She planted several English primrose flowers along the pathway to enhance the garden's beauty.
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In our horticulture class, we learned how to care for English primrose plants to ensure they thrive.
Synonyms
A small wild flower with pale yellow blooms that appears in early spring
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a primrose associated with England' is directly and compositionally derived from 'English' (pertaining to England) + 'primrose' (a flowering plant); a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a type or variety of primrose linked to England. This adjective+noun origin/variety pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun modification, so the expression is transparently interpretable.
Etymology
English primrose is a simple name: English shows where it was common and primrose suggests a 'first' rose because this pale yellow flower is one of the earliest to bloom in spring. So the name now means the early, pale-yellow garden flower.
