cowslip.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Meaning & usage
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
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.
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
Where this word comes from
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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