ˌprīməˈvirə̇n, -ver- noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary primever- (from French primevère cowslip, from Old French primevoire, literally, spring, probably short for flour de primevoire spring flower, from flour flower + de of — from Latin, from — + primevoire — from Late Latin prima vera early spring — ) + -in — more at flower , de- , primavera
: a crystalline glycoside C 20 H 28 O 13 that is found in the cowslip ( Primula veris ) and that on hydrolysis yields primeverose and a derivative of salicylic acid