cowslip
English
cowslip, Primula veris
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Himalayan cowslip, Primula sikkimensis
Alternative forms
- cowslippe (obsolete)
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
- Hyphenation: cow‧slip
Noun
cowslip (plural cowslips)
- A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
- 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1
- Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;
- 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1
- Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
- Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
- Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
- Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
- (Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
- Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
- Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
Synonyms
- (Primula veris): paigle, herb Peter
- (Caltha palustris): marsh marigold, kingcup, mayflower, mollyblobs, pollyblobs, horse blob
Translations
Primula veris
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Caltha palustris
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