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oxlip
[ oks-lip ]
noun
- a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
oxlip
/ ˈɒksˌlɪp /
noun
- Also calledpaigle a primulaceous Eurasian woodland plant, Primula elatior, with small drooping pale yellow flowers
- Also calledfalse oxlip a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose
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Drawing her scarlet cloak higher on her shoulders, she bent her steps towards Oxlip Dell.
The first visit we paid the following morning was to Oxlip Grange, to see Coralie.
Oxlip, oks′lip, n. a species of primrose, having its flowers in an umbel on a stalk like the cowslip.
Huxley held forth last week about the oxlip, which he says is unknown on the Continent.
Why, do you remember that there stir, sir, about the ghost that was said to haunt Oxlip Dell?
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