A primula is a small plant, wild or in a garden, with a bunch of bright flowers — yellow, pink, purple, red — sitting close to the ground on soft leaves. It comes out early in the year, when the mornings can still be cold, which is why garden shops sell it in pots as a cheerful winter-to-spring plant.

A primula是一種 is a small plant小植物，wild or in a garden野生或種在花園裡都有，with a bunch of bright flowers開著一叢鮮豔的花——yellow, pink, purple, red黃色、粉紅、紫色、紅色——sitting close to the ground on soft leaves貼著地面長在軟軟的葉子上。It comes out early in the year它在一年當中很早就開花，when the mornings can still be cold那時候早上可能還很冷，which is why garden shops sell it in pots所以園藝店會把它盆栽來賣 as a cheerful winter-to-spring plant當成從冬天到春天的討喜植物。

You grow it to look at, not to eat. English speakers also say primrose for some of the same plants; primula is a little more the garden and science name for the whole group.

You grow it to look at你種它是為了觀賞，not to eat不是拿來吃的。English speakers英文使用者 also say primrose有些同樣的植物也會叫 primrose for some of the same plants，primula而 primula is a little more the garden and science name for the whole group比較是園藝和科學上對整個這一類的稱呼。

Though actually, if you already know primrose, you are very close — many of the primulas in a flower shop are the plants people loosely call primroses.

Though actually不過其實，if you already know primrose如果你已經知道 primrose 這個詞，you are very close你已經很接近了——many of the primulas in a flower shop花店裡很多 primula，are the plants people loosely call primroses其實就是大家隨口叫 primrose 的那些植物。