cowslip
[kou-slip]
- an English primrose, Primula veris, having fragrant yellow flowers.
- the marsh marigold.
- shooting star(def 2).
- Virginia cowslip.
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Origin of cowslip
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But this is all cowslip country—from the field of Rother to the field of Uck.
Highways & Byways in SussexE.V. Lucas
In the Primrose and Cowslip, again, we find quite a different plan.
The Beauties of NatureSir John Lubbock
Paigle has never been satisfactorily explained, nor has Cowslip.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of ShakespeareHenry Nicholson Ellacombe
It has many names, but its most common are Paigle and Cowslip.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of ShakespeareHenry Nicholson Ellacombe
"I will lead you," hummed a bee, from the deep cup of a cowslip.
How the Fairy Violet Lost and Won Her WingsMarianne L. B. Ker
cowslip
- 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
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Word Origin
Old English cūslyppe; see cow 1, slip ³
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