primula auricula

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   yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated

   Synonymsauriculabear's ear

   Broaderprimrose

Questions about primula auricula

What does primula auricula mean?

primula auricula means "yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated".

What is another word for primula auricula?

Close synonyms include auricula, bear's ear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is primula auricula a common word?

primula auricula 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.