- [countable]
a small wild plant that produces pale yellow flowers in spring 报春花（开黄色花） 
- (also primrose yellow)[uncountable]
a pale yellow colour 淡黄色 More Like This Colour compoundsColour compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesc2
Word Originlate Middle English: compare with Old French primerose and medieval Latin prima rosa, literally ‘first rose’.
Idioms
the primrose path
- (literary)
an easy life that is full of pleasure but that causes you harm in the end 追求享乐（招致恶果）