primrose

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of numerous plants of the genus Primula, having large basal leaves and clusters of variously colored flowers with a five-lobed bell-shaped or salverform corolla.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A plant of the genus Primula; especially, a variety of Primula veris, in which the flowers appear as if on separate peduncles, the short common stalk being hidden beneath the base of the leaves.
• noun One of a few other plants with some resemblance to the primrose. See the phrases below.
• noun The first or earliest flower; a spring flower.
• noun Figuratively, the first or choicest; the flower.
• noun In heraldry, a quatrefoil used as a bearing.
• noun A pale and somewhat greenish-yellow color.
• noun A coal-tar color used in dyeing, being the potassium ethyl salt of tetrabrom-fluorescein. It is mostly used in silk-dyeing, producing pinkish-yellow shades.
• Of or belonging to a primrose; specifically, resembling a primrose in color; paleyellow.
• Abounding with primroses; flowery; gay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (Primula vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
• noun Any plant of the genus Primula.
• noun an erect biennial herb (Enothera biennis), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the United States. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
• noun [Obs.] the two-flowered Narcissus (Narcissus biflorus).
• adjective Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun An early-flowering plant of the genus Primula, with white, red, or yellow flowers.
• noun A plant of the family Primulaceae.
• noun A plant of the genus Oenothera.
• noun Specifically, the species Primula vulgaris.
• noun A flower of a primrose plant.
• noun A light yellow colour.
• adjective Of a light yellow colour.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads