单词 | scottish primrose |
释义 | > as lemmasScottish primrose Scottish primrose n. a primrose, Primula scotica, which has purple flowers and grows in northern Scotland. ΚΠ 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 1009/1 Scottish primrose (P[rimula] Scotica). This species is met with occasionally in the north of Scotland, and is near akin to that last described. 1905 H. Pottinger Flood, Fell, & Forest I. x. 227 Surely the delicate fern-like fringe of that turf hummock is Alpine rue, and just beyond are groups of the minute Scottish primrose. 1995 Times 17 July 7/3 The Scottish primrose, Primula scotica..is found at only a few sites on the north coast of Scotland and in the Orkneys. 2000 New Phytologist 147 268/2 (caption) Total distribution of the Scottish primrose (Primula scotica) showing its remaining sites in Orkney and Caithness. < as lemmas |
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