CAPE PRIMROSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape primrose mean? • CAPE PRIMROSE (noun)
The noun CAPE PRIMROSE has 1 sense:
1. any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
Familiarity information: CAPE PRIMROSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPE PRIMROSE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Cape primrose" is a kind of...):
streptocarpus (any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses)
Holonyms ("Cape primrose" is a member of...):
genus Streptocarpus (large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas." (English proverb)
"There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them" (Breton proverb)
"In a shut mouth, no fly will go in." (Catalan proverb)
"Morning is smarter than evening." (Croatian proverb)
Page delivered in 0.0246 seconds
|
