noun
Meaning 1
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
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Standard Lemma guide
cowslip
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
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CMU ARPABET: K AW1 S L IH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
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Usage: Canada, US, regional
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
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noun
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 8
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, water dragon, Caltha palustris
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Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
noun
Meaning 9
early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paigle, Primula veris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: primrose, primula
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: գնարբուկ (gnarbuk) — Primula veris
- Armenian: գնարբուկ գարնանային (gnarbuk garnanayin) — Primula veris
- Armenian: կովացնծուկ (kovacʻncuk) — Primula veris
- Armenian: գովածաղիկ (govacaġik) — Primula veris
- Bulgarian: иглика (iglika) — Primula veris
- Catalan: cucut — Primula veris
- Czech: prvosenka jarní — Primula veris
- Czech: petrklíč — Primula veris
- Dutch: gulden sleutelbloem — Primula veris
- Finnish: kevätesikko — Primula veris
- German: Schlüsselblume — Primula veris
- Hungarian: tavaszi kankalin — Primula veris
- Irish: bainne bó bleachtáin — Primula veris
- Irish: bainne bó bleacht — Primula veris
- Japanese: 黄花の九輪桜 (kibana no kurin-zakura) — Primula veris
- Korean: 황화구륜초 (hwanghwaguryuncho) — Primula veris
- Macedonian: петопрст (petoprst) — Primula veris
- Old English: cūslyppe — Primula veris
- Persian: پریمولا وریس — Primula veris
- Plautdietsch: Schlätelbloom — Primula veris
- Polish: pierwiosnek lekarski — Primula veris
- Polish: pierwiosnka lekarska — Primula veris
- Punjabi: ਗਾਉਜ਼ਬਾਨ (gāuzabān) — Primula veris
- Romanian: ciuboțica-cucului — Primula veris
- Romanian: limba-cucului — Primula veris
- Russian: при́мула (prímula) — Primula veris
- Russian: первоцве́т (pervocvét) — Primula veris
- Spanish: aurícula — Primula veris
- Spanish: bellorita — Primula veris
- Spanish: clavelina — Primula veris
- Swedish: gullviva — Primula veris
- Welsh: briallu Mair (sawrus) — Primula veris
- Welsh: gwefus y fuwch — Primula veris
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