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
United States
- Primrose, Alaska
- Primrose, Georgia
- Primrose, Iowa
- 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
- Lady 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
Topics referred to by the same term
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