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primrose /prim·rose/ (prim´roz) 1. a plant of the genus Primula; P. obco´nica (the cultivated primrose plant) is a common cause of allergic contact dermatitis. 2. evening p. evening primrose the herb Oenothera biennis, or a preparation of oil from its seeds; see under oil. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cyclamen is the Rolls-Royce of cool-season flowers for the Valley. Outdoor plants, including mums, azaleas, gerbera daisies, cyclamen, and tulips, brought in for a short time also clean the air. Yet already he concludes, before the kaleidoscope of her expressions, before this face that from being all surface, smooth and waxed, passed to an almost fluid state of translucid gaiety, and from the chiselled polish of an opal to the feverish black-red congestion of a cyclamen, that the Name is an example of a barbarous society's primitivism, and as conventionally inadequate as "Homer" or "sea. |
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