Primrose

Primrose may refer to:

Botany

• Primula vulgaris, commonly known as the primrose (also called the common primrose or English primrose)
• many other species of the genus Primula
• Primulaceae, a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the primrose family
• Oenothera, commonly known as evening primrose, a plant genus
• Onagraceae, commonly known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family

Places

Britain

• Primrose Hill in London

Canada

• Primrose Lake on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border

South Africa

• Primrose, Gauteng

United States

• Primrose, Alaska
• Primrose, Georgia
• Primrose, Kentucky
• Primrose, Nebraska
• Primrose, Ohio
• Primrose, Rhode Island
• Primrose, Tarrant County, Texas
• Primrose, Van Zandt County, Texas
• Primrose, Wisconsin, a town
  • Primrose (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

People

Families

• Clan Primrose, a Scottish clan headed by the Earl of Rosebery
  • Earl of Rosebery, a title linked with the Clan Primrose
  • Laird of Burnbrae, a title linked with the Clan Primrose

Surname

• Archibald Primrose (disambiguation), various people
• Delphi Primrose (b. 2003), Scottish model
• Francis Ward Primrose (1785–1860), M.P. for Stirling District of Burghs
• George Anson Primrose (1849–1930), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
• George Primrose, member of the blackface song-and-dance team Primrose and West
• Gilbert E. Primrose (1848–1935), Scottish international footballer
• John Primrose (disambiguation), various people
• Henry Primrose (1846–1923), Scottish civil servant who became Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue
• Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery
• Neil Primrose (musician), Scottish drummer with the rock band Travis
• Patrick Primrose (c. 1605–1671), Scottish Roman Catholic priest
• William Primrose, a violist

First name

• Primrose ("Prim") Everdeen, Katniss's sister in The Hunger Games trilogy

Military warships and civilian freighters

• HMS Primrose, several Royal Navy ships
• MV Primrose, a freight and passenger ferry
• MV Primrose, a Hong Kong freighter grounded on North Sentinel Island.

Other

• Primrose (musical), a musical comedy
• Primrose (group), a South Korean pop group
• Primrose Brook, a tributary of the Passaic River
• Primrose Day, the anniversary of the death of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli
• Primrose League, an organisation founded in 1883 to promote Toryism
• Primrose High School, an 11-19 comprehensive school in Leeds, UK
• Operation Primrose, the code name later given to the capture of German submarine U-110
• Primrose, a video game for the Nintendo DSi
• Primrose (given name), the given name

See also

Look up primrose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.