cowslip

[ kou-slip ]

/ ˈkaʊ slɪp /

noun

an English primrose, Primula veris, having fragrant yellow flowers.

the marsh marigold.

Nearby words

cowrie, cowrite, cowry, cowshed, cowskin, cowslip, cowtail, cox, cox's orange pippin, cox, james middleton, cox-2 inhibitor

Origin of cowslip

before 1000; Middle English cowslyppe, Old English cūslyppe, equivalent to cū cow¹ + slyppe, slypa slime; see slip³

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Examples from the Web for cowslip

What cowslip balls, and what cowslip tea-parties it had afforded us.
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Irma alone, of the Cowslip Room, would attend the festival in the glory of a new gown.
For the School Colours|Angela Brazil
In the Primrose and Cowslip, again, we find quite a different plan.
The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock
Gone is the green headland; gone the cowslip bank; gone the pendent boughs.
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It was rather hard work for Cowslip, but at last she made a big enough hole and Hans leaped out.
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British Dictionary definitions for cowslip

cowslip

/ (ˈkaʊˌslɪp) /

noun

Also called: paigle a primrose, Primula veris, native to temperate regions of the Old World, having fragrant yellow flowers

US and Canadian another name for marsh marigold

Word Origin for cowslip

Old English cūslyppe; see cow 1, slip ³

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