genus primula

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1. very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	primrose, primula,
definition	:	any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family primulaceae, primrose family, primulaceae,
definition	:	a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere (noun.plant)