cape primrose

1. 1.

   any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers

   Broaderstreptocarpus

   Part ofgenus Streptocarpus

Questions about cape primrose

What does cape primrose mean?

cape primrose means "any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers".

Is cape primrose a common word?

cape primrose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.