English Explanatory Dictionary

cowslip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
  3. Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
  4. Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
  5. Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
  6. marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
  7. Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
  8. Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.

Pronunciation

/ˈkaʊ.slɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cowslip.wav

Word forms

cowslip cowslips couslip cowslippe

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.

Synonyms

paigle herb Peter marsh marigold kingcup mayflower mollyblobs pollyblobs horse blob

Derived words

blue cowslip common cowslip cowslipped cowslip primrose giant cowslip Himalayan cowslip Japanese cowslip mealy cowslip Rila cowslip royal cowslip Sikkim cowslip Tibetan cowslip Virginia cowslip
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