cowslip

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
    — 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; Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
  3. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
  4. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
  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. Canada,US,regional
  6. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance; Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
  7. Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis

词形变化

cowslips plural couslip alternative,obsolete cowslippe alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
blue cowslip common cowslip cowslipped cowslip primrose giant cowslip Himalayan cowslip Japanese cowslip mealy cowslip Rila cowslip royal cowslip Sikkim cowslip Tibetan cowslip Virginia cowslip

词源

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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