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cowslip
[ kou-slip ]
noun
- an English primrose, Primula veris, having fragrant yellow flowers.
- the marsh marigold.
cowslip
/ ˈkaʊˌslɪp /
noun
- Also calledpaigle a primrose, Primula veris, native to temperate regions of the Old World, having fragrant yellow flowers
- another name for marsh marigold
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cowslip1
Old English cūslyppe; see cow 1, slip ³
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Example Sentences
There are also many varieties of the Cowslip, of different colours, double and single, which are very useful in the spring garden.
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From the seed of that very hose-in-hose cowslip, I have since raised a hose-in-hose primrose.
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Oxlip, oks′lip, n. a species of primrose, having its flowers in an umbel on a stalk like the cowslip.
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The cowslip primrose (Primula veris) is also a native of England.
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They prepared some hot broth for him, and opened a bottle of cowslip wine.
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