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单词 cowslip
释义

cowslip

/ˈkaʊslɪp /
noun
1A European primula with clusters of drooping fragrant yellow flowers in spring, growing on dry grassy banks and in pasture.
  • Primula veris, family Primulaceae.
Banks of primroses, drifts of bluebells and clusters of cowslips are now found only in secret, out-of-the-way places....
  • 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.
2Any of a number of herbaceous plants, in particular:
  • North American term for marsh marigold (also Virginia cowslip) A North American plant with blue flowers (Mertensia virginica, family Boraginaceae)..
A dewdrop fell from the petal of a lone cowslip growing by the garden wall....
  • Other partners for pink daffodils include lavender cowslips.

Origin

Old English cūslyppe, from 'cow' + slipa, slyppe 'slime', i.e. cow slobber or dung.

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