cowslip

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/

Noun

cowslip (plural cowslips)

1. 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;

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. (North America, 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#English|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

• German: Schlüsselblume
• Russian: при́мула
• Spanish: aurícula, bellorita, clavelina

Translations

• Spanish: calta palustre, caléndula acuática, verruguera

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