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Cowslip
//ˈkaʊ.slɪp// noun
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Noun
- 1 A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
"Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;"
- 2 swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups wordnet
- 3 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
- 4 early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers wordnet
- 5 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
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- 6 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
- 7 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations. Canada, US, regional
- 8 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
- 9 Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Etymology
From Middle English cowslyppe, from Old English cūslyppe (“cowslip”), from cū (“cow”) + slyppe (“paste, viscid substance”), related to Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide, move softly”). Compare oxlip.
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