Primrose

n. [Lat. prima rosa, i. e., the first or an early rose in spring, from primus, first, and rosa, rose.] (Bot.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris), closely allied to the cowslip, of several varieties, as the white, the red, the yellow-flowered, &c.

Evening primrose (Bot.), an erect plant (Œnothera biennis), with odorous, yellow flowers, that open in the evening. It is common in the United States.

a. Of, or pertaining to, the primrose; hence, gay; flowery; spring-like. He was still among the primrose paths. Motley.