cowslip
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cowslip
- /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
Where it 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.
noun cowslips · couslip · cowslippe
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A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;
Similar: paigle, herb Peter
- Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
- Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
- Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
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marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
Similar: marsh marigold, kingcup, mayflower, mollyblobs, pollyblobs, horse blob
- Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
- Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
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noun Primula veris
| Español | aurícula, bellorita, clavelina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황화구륜초 hwanghwaguryuncho |
| 日本語 | 黄花の九輪桜 kibana no kurin-zakura |
| Deutsch | Schlüsselblume |
| Română | ciuboțica-cucului, limba-cucului |
| Русский | при́мула prímula, первоцве́т pervocvét |
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title = {cowslip},
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