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Definition of cowslip in English: cowslipnoun ˈkaʊslɪpˈkaʊˌslɪp 1A European primula with clusters of drooping fragrant yellow flowers in spring, growing on dry grassy banks and in pasture. 黄花九轮草，药用樱草 Primula veris, family Primulaceae Example sentencesExamples - Primroses, cowslips and swallows are everywhere and the softening in the weather is a sure sign that brighter and warmer days are near.
- We received data on places around the UK where cowslips, primroses and false oxlips are growing.
- In spring, the pale, delicate yellows of stiff cowslips are succeeded by the stronger chromes of sprawling birdsfoot trefoil and buttercup.
- The two acre garden is fresh with scent and the colours of cowslips and foxgloves.
- The crocus, the cowslip and its near relation, the primrose and the other early wild flowers will soon follow.
- Mr Slaney said cowslips and primroses have flourished and a pond has developed naturally and become a haven for wildlife.
- In the damp fields surrounding the streams I found cowslip, self heal and mayflower.
- Then I noticed a small clump of cowslips growing wild at the foot of a tree by the lake.
- Primula florindae, the Himalayan cowslip, was the next in the sequence to flower, starting in late June and finishing at the end of July.
- One section of the garden is devoted to wildflowers, bluebells nodding gently in the breeze, surrounded by cowslips and violets.
- The land was quiet and pleasant, with teasels, cowslips, bluebells, and dark soil ridged for spuds or glowing with oil seed rape.
- There are flowers running the gamut from native wildflowers such as the cowslip to exotic foreigners.
- Banks of primroses, drifts of bluebells and clusters of cowslips are now found only in secret, out-of-the-way places.
- We rounded the corner and there, in the sunlight, was a vision of massed giant Tibetan cowslips, a beautiful saffron.
- I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
- The P. veris of Linnaeus's time is still to this day known as the cowslip.
- Every year the fields and banks near Down House are dotted with cowslips and primroses, all members of the genus Primula.
- And there's another fine view of the village from above if you walk up the hillside nearby and sit among the cowslips.
- Primrose, cowslip, lady's mantle, bugle, thrift, clustered bellflower are widely available in garden centres, but are all natives.
- If you're lucky you might just see some cowslips and the last of the snow drops.
2Any of a number of herbaceous plants. 草本植物，尤指 another term for marsh marigold (also 'Virginia bluebell') a North American plant with blue flowers (Mertensia virginica, family Boraginaceae). Example sentencesExamples - A dewdrop fell from the petal of a lone cowslip growing by the garden wall.
- Other partners for pink daffodils include lavender cowslips.
OriginOld English cūslyppe, from cū 'cow' + slipa, slyppe 'slime', i.e. cow slobber or dung. Definition of cowslip in US English: cowslipnounˈkouˌslipˈkaʊˌslɪp 1A European primula with clusters of drooping fragrant yellow flowers in spring, growing on dry grassy banks and in pasture. 黄花九轮草，药用樱草 Primula veris, family Primulaceae Example sentencesExamples - We received data on places around the UK where cowslips, primroses and false oxlips are growing.
- The two acre garden is fresh with scent and the colours of cowslips and foxgloves.
- We rounded the corner and there, in the sunlight, was a vision of massed giant Tibetan cowslips, a beautiful saffron.
- Primula florindae, the Himalayan cowslip, was the next in the sequence to flower, starting in late June and finishing at the end of July.
- Then I noticed a small clump of cowslips growing wild at the foot of a tree by the lake.
- And there's another fine view of the village from above if you walk up the hillside nearby and sit among the cowslips.
- The crocus, the cowslip and its near relation, the primrose and the other early wild flowers will soon follow.
- The P. veris of Linnaeus's time is still to this day known as the cowslip.
- In spring, the pale, delicate yellows of stiff cowslips are succeeded by the stronger chromes of sprawling birdsfoot trefoil and buttercup.
- Every year the fields and banks near Down House are dotted with cowslips and primroses, all members of the genus Primula.
- Primrose, cowslip, lady's mantle, bugle, thrift, clustered bellflower are widely available in garden centres, but are all natives.
- There are flowers running the gamut from native wildflowers such as the cowslip to exotic foreigners.
- In the damp fields surrounding the streams I found cowslip, self heal and mayflower.
- I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
- Banks of primroses, drifts of bluebells and clusters of cowslips are now found only in secret, out-of-the-way places.
- The land was quiet and pleasant, with teasels, cowslips, bluebells, and dark soil ridged for spuds or glowing with oil seed rape.
- Primroses, cowslips and swallows are everywhere and the softening in the weather is a sure sign that brighter and warmer days are near.
- Mr Slaney said cowslips and primroses have flourished and a pond has developed naturally and become a haven for wildlife.
- If you're lucky you might just see some cowslips and the last of the snow drops.
- One section of the garden is devoted to wildflowers, bluebells nodding gently in the breeze, surrounded by cowslips and violets.
2Any of a number of herbaceous plants. 草本植物，尤指 (also 'Virginia bluebell') a North American plant with blue flowers (Mertensia virginica, family Boraginaceae) another term for marsh marigold Example sentencesExamples - A dewdrop fell from the petal of a lone cowslip growing by the garden wall.
- Other partners for pink daffodils include lavender cowslips.
OriginOld English cūslyppe, from cū ‘cow’ + slipa, slyppe ‘slime’, i.e. cow slobber or dung. |