| primulaceae | (n) a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, Syn. family Primulaceae, primrose family |
| primulales | (n) Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae, Syn. order Primulales |
| primus | (n) the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland |
| primus stove | (n) a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers, Syn. Primus |
| Primula | ‖n. [ LL. See Primrose. ] (Bot.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primulaceous | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants ( |
| Primum mobile | ‖ [ L., first cause of motion. ] (Astron.) In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primus | ‖n. [ L., the first. ] One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primus { m } | top pupil [Add to Longdo] |