cowslip
Meanings
Plural: cowslips
Noun
- early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
- swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
- 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.
Origin / 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
Caltha palustris, herb Peter, horse blob, kingcup, marsh marigold, May blob, mayflower, meadow bright, mollyblobs, paigle, pollyblobs, Primula veris, water dragon
Scrabble Score: 14
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