Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Primulaceæ and tribe Lysimachieæ.

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  • The evergreens of various kinds supply the note of colour which alone gives hope and promises relief from neutral brown and grey, and underneath what once was a leafy forest arcade are all the roots of spring -- the spotted erythronium, the hepatica, the delicate uvularia, the starry trientalis.

    Ringfield A Novel 1897

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