cowslip

English

cowslip,

Himalayan cowslip,

Alternative forms

• cowslippe (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English cowslyppe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English cūslyppe (“cowslip”), from cū (“cow”) + slyppe (“paste, viscid substance”), related to Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide, move softly”). Compare oxlip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
• Hyphenation: cow‧slip

Noun

cowslip (plural cowslips)

1. A low-growing plant, , 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. , a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
   2. , a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
   3. , a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
   4. (Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
   5. , blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
3. Short for 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

Primula veris

• Armenian: գնարբուկ (hy) (gnarbuk), գնարբուկ գարնանային (gnarbuk garnanayin), կովացնծուկ (hy) (kovacʻncuk), գովածաղիկ (govacaġik)
• Bulgarian: иглика f (iglika)
• Czech: prvosenka jarní (cs) f, petrklíč (cs) m
• Finnish: kevätesikko (fi)
• German: Schlüsselblume
• Hungarian: tavaszi kankalin
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: پریمولا وریس
• Romanian: ciuboțica-cucului (ro) f, limba-cucului (ro) f
• Russian: при́мула (ru) f (prímula), первоцве́т (ru) m (pervocvét)
• Spanish: aurícula (es) f, bellorita f, clavelina f
• Swedish: gullviva (sv) c
• Welsh: briallu Mair (cy) pl, sawdl y fuwch m or f

Caltha palustris

• Finnish: rentukka (fi)
• Romanian: calcea calului (ro) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: калужница (kalužnica) болотная (bolotnaja) (kalúžnica bolótnaja)f
• Spanish: calta palustre f, caléndula acuática f, verruguera f