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Use a slug and snail bait every week to keep the pests from consuming the primula foliage and blooms.—
Calvin Finch,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Oct. 2021 Police said Wednesday that the six arrested the previous day for violating forestry laws had collected more than 132 kilograms of primula veris, or cowslip, which can garner 100 euros per kilogram.—Fox News,
26 Apr. 2018
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, from primula veris, literally, first fruit of spring