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单词 primulaceous
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primulaceousadj.

Brit. /ˌprɪmjᵿˈleɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌprɪmjəˈleɪʃəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Primula , -aceous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Primula, genus name (see primula n.) + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Primulaceae, family name ( E. P. Ventenat Tableau du règne végétal selon la méthode de Jussieu (1799) II. 285). Compare French Primulacées, plural noun (1799 in Ventenat).
Botany.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the primrose family ( Primulaceae), of which Primula is the type genus.
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primulaceous1836
1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 2 Glaux..is unquestionably a genus of the Monopetalous Primulaceous order.
1862 T. Moore Field Botanist's Compan. 25 Primulaceous plants—herbs; stamens equalling in number and opposite to the lobes of the corolla.
1938 R. Gathorne-Hardy Wild Flowers in Brit. ix. 61 Sometimes, in northern woods, you will see the exquisite primulaceous Trientalis europaea.
1978 S. R. Chant in V. H. Heywood Flowering Plants of World 134/2 The vascularization and other anatomical features suggested the evolution of the primulaceous form from the carophyllaceous type.
1996 Taxon 45 137 The name Macrosyphonia was validly published for a primulaceous genus with a single Persian species, M. caespitosa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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