What's the difference between primrose and rose?

Primrose


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
  • (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
  • (a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were fed a basal regular diet (BD) or three different fat-supplemented diets which contained 10% hydrogenated coconut oil (HCO), 10% safflower oil (SFO), or 10% evening primrose oil (EPO).
  • (2) The hypocholesterolemic effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids was compared in male rats given high-cholesterol diets containing either evening primrose oil (EPO, linoleic plus gamma-linolenic), safflower oil (SFO, linoleic) or olive oil (OLO, low linoleic) at the 10% level.
  • (3) Finally, it is concluded that the therapeutic effect of evening primrose oil is unlikely to be mediated through a primarily immunological mechanism.
  • (4) We lived in Primrose Hill in a house that belonged to the anthropologist Professor BronisÅ‚aw Malinowski.
  • (5) * * * On a fine spring day, I left the M1 at junction 14 and followed the broad dual-carriageway of the H5 grid-road into MK between banks of primroses and bright-green hawthorn.
  • (6) Previous experiments demonstrated the ability-of a gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) dietary supplementation (as evening primrose oil--EPO) to counteract the fall off in delta-6-desaturase (D6D) activity of linoleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid in aged rats.
  • (7) The rats were then divided into four groups which, for six weeks, were pair-fed diets containing beef tallow (BT), fish oil (FO), a source of n-3 fatty acids, evening primrose oil (EPO), a source of n-6 fatty acids, or a combination of evening primrose oil and fish oil, 75:25 (EPO:FO).
  • (8) Genic allozyme polymorphism and heterozygosity was studied in a large population of the evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, growing in North Haven, Connecticut.
  • (9) If poorly deformable RBCs are involved then the use of agents such as evening primrose oil or fish oil to improve RBC deformability could ameliorate the symptoms of PMS.
  • (10) In general, the release of prostanoids from the mesenteric vasculature was significantly reduced in rats fed a diet in which evening primrose oil was partly or completely replaced by either hydrogenated coconut or fish oil.
  • (11) Gamma-linolenic acid in the form of a particular variety of evening primrose oil (Epogam) has been reported of value in the treatment of atopic eczema.
  • (12) Treatment of diabetic rats with evening primrose oil prevented completely the development of the motor nerve conduction velocity deficit without affecting the severity of diabetes.
  • (13) Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were fed diets enriched with evening primrose (EPO), sunflower (SO) and linseed oils (LO) as well as palm kernel fat (PKF), the latter being deficient in polyunsarated fatty acids (PUFA).
  • (14) Nineteen hypercholesterolemic patients (10 without and 9 with hypertriglyceridemia) were given evening primrose oil rich in gammalinolenic acid (GLA, 18: 3n - 6), in a placebo controlled cross-over design, over 16 weeks (8 + 8 weeks), with safflower oil as the placebo.
  • (15) For the next three months it will be in the Hayward's project space, presenting work by the Indian builder and sculptor Nek Chand, whose work featured in the first room of Exhibition #1, the museum's inaugural show in Primrose Hill, north London, four years ago.
  • (16) Good responses are obtained from simple and safe drugs (oil of evening primrose, vitamin B6) with minimal side-effects.
  • (17) Thirty-five dogs with non-seasonal atopic dermatitis were used in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of the effects of evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) oil.
  • (18) Weight gain over 15 weeks was significantly greater in the evening primrose oil-supplemented obese mice than in the other groups.
  • (19) Nine controlled trials of evening primrose oil were performed in eight centres.
  • (20) Where it has hopped and run and suckered its way along the verges the blackthorn has formed cages that protect an inner world of primroses.

Rose


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Rise
  • () imp. of Rise.
  • (n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere
  • (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
  • (n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
  • (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
  • (n.) The erysipelas.
  • (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  • (n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  • (n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
  • (v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
  • (v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
  • (2) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (3) In the 153 women to whom iron supplements were given during pregnancy, the initial fall in haemoglobin concentration was less, was arrested by 28 weeks gestation and then rose to a level equivalent to the booking level.
  • (4) With glucose and protein as intraduodenal stimulus (no pancreatin added), the plasma amino acids rose significantly less (by approximately 50% of the control experiment) and the increment in insulin (but not C-peptide) concentrations was significantly reduced by loxiglumide.
  • (5) LH and FSH levels in the group which were given low dose progesterone only, rose consistently after BSO and these patterns were similar to those seen in the control group.
  • (6) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
  • (7) The overall incidence in patients over 50 years of age was 8.5%; it was more than twice as high in women (11.5%) as in men (4.5%) and rose sharply with age.
  • (8) The volume of distribution is about 600 l. In almost every subject the plasma levels rose again after this distribution phase.
  • (9) Circulating acute phase protein concentrations rose in all subjects during a thirty hour period following injury but none of the subjects showed a detectable rise in circulating concentrations of TNF.
  • (10) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
  • (11) In the water-loaded state, MAP rose significantly at the lowest rate of infusion in both pregnant and non-pregnant ewes.
  • (12) Blood pressure rose and heart rate fell in proportion to the dose of noradrenaline infused.
  • (13) In normovolemia, the hepatic arterial flow (HAF) increased as the systemic arterial pressure (SAP) rose up to 140 mmHg, and then decreased as SAP rose further.
  • (14) Testosterone was low until 68 weeks after which concentrations rose slowly to 80 weeks and increased rapidly to a plateau at 92 weeks.
  • (15) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
  • (16) The percentages of bacteria phagocytized and intracellularly killed by macrophages rose to 60-80% and 85-95% respectively when the doubling time was longer, showing that S. mutans is particularly sensitive to nonspecific immune defence mechanisms when cultured under conditions similar to those of its natural ecosystem.
  • (17) The stiffness of the fibre first rose abruptly in response to stretch and then started to decrease linearly while the stretch went on; after the completion of stretch the stiffness decreased towards a steady value which was equal to that during the isometric tetanus at the same sarcomere length, indicating that the enhancement of isometric force is associated with decreased stiffness.
  • (18) After effective treatment the level fell and rose again 10 months prior to the conventional clinical diagnosis of relapse.
  • (19) The concentration of androstenedione and testosterone rose rapidly; reaching a peak after 10 minutes and returning to near baseline level by 30 minutes.
  • (20) Last week the labor bureau reported that the US added just 69,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%, the first rise in nine months.