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cowslip

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cowslip, Primula veris
 
Himalayan cowslip, Primula sikkimensis

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Etymology

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
  • Hyphenation: cow‧slip

Noun

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cowslip (plural cowslips)

 
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  1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;
    • 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13:
      Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.
  2. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
    1. Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
    2. Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
    3. Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
    4. (Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
    5. Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
  3. Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.

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