Crossword clues for cowslip
cowslip
- Sass from Elsie?
- Primrose variety
- Marsh marigold
- Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
- Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
- Flower of the primrose family
- Wild primula
- Spring flower
- Something that's stemmed from bully tipping lager over
- Flowering plant in border with cattle overhead
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
marsh marigold \marsh mar"i*gold\ (m[aum]rsh m[a^]r"[i^]*g[-o]ld). (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha ( Caltha palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.
Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.
Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African marigold or French marigold of the genus Tagetes, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: bur marigold, of the genus Bidens; corn marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum ( Chrysanthemum segetum, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha ( Caltha palustris), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold.
Marigold window. (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A low-growing plant, (taxlink Primula veris species noshow=1), with yellow flowers. 2 Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance 3 # (taxlink Primula deorum species noshow=1), a flowering plant known as (vern: God's cowslip) and (vern: rila cowslip) 4 # (taxlink Primula florindae species noshow=1), a flowering plant known as (vern: giant cowslip) and (vern: Tibetan cowslip) 5 # (taxlink Primula sikkimensis species noshow=1), a flowering plant known as (vern: Himalayan cowslip) and (vern: Sikkim cowslip) 6 # (context North America regional English) marsh marigold, ''Caltha palustris'', a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations. 7 # (taxlink Pulmonaria angustifolia species noshow=1), (vern: blue cowslip) or (vern: narrow-leaved lungwort)
WordNet
n. early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers [syn: paigle, Primula veris]
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, water dragon, Caltha palustris]
Wikipedia
Cowslip may refer to:
Plants
- Primula veris, a flowering plant commonly known as cowslip
- Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
- Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
- Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
- Caltha palustris, a flowering plant known as marsh marigold, kingcup and sometimes as cowslip
- Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Naval ships
- USCGC Cowslip (WLB-277), a sea going buoy tender
- USS Cowslip (1863), a United States Navy steamship
- HMS Cowslip was a Flower-class corvette commissioned 9 August 1941 and scrapped in 1949
Other uses
- Cowslip (racehorse), a competitor in the 1836 Grand National
- Cowslip (Watership Down), a rabbit in the novel Watership Down
- Cowslip (bovine podiatry), a tough plastic shoe used to treat lameness in cattle
In bovine podiatry, a cowslip is a tough plastic shoe used to treat lameness in cattle. It is applied onto the healthy claw (one side of the cloven hoof) with glue and allowed to set. The cowslip will raise the damaged claw off the ground and allow it to heal. The cowslip will slough in about 4–6 weeks and this is a principal advantage over a nail-on shoe which needs to be actively removed.
Cowslips need to be applied to a clean claw. An angle grinder is sometimes used to clean off debris from the claw. The outer layer of the healthy and clean claw can also be grinded lightly to provide a rough surface for the glue to adhere to. In cold climates, a hairdryer can be used whilst applying the glue to allow it to set quicker ( 1–2 minutes). While setting the glue, the shoe needs to be held in place. After 4–6 weeks natural hoof growth will slough off the shoe.
Usage examples of "cowslip".
Behind them were attendants Bellflower, Cowslip, Mustardseed, and the entire host of the fay in solemn procession.
She had the Common Field Cowslip, the Primrose Cowslip, the Single Green Cowslip, Curled Cowslips, or Galligaskins, Double Cowslips, or Hose-in-Hose, and the Franticke or Foolish Cowslip, or Jackanapes on Horsebacke.
For instance, the blue and red pimpernel, the primrose and cowslip, which are considered by many of our best botanists as varieties, are said by Gartner not to be quite fertile when crossed, and he consequently ranks them as undoubted species.
The marigold is like a golden frill, The daisy with a golden eye looks up, And golden spreads the flag beside the rill, And gay and golden nods the daffodil, The gorsey common swells a golden sea, The cowslip hangs a head of golden tips, And golden drips the honey which the bee Sucks from sweet hearts of flowers and stores and sips.
Forgotten the hawthorns themselves, frothing with maybloom along the road, with cowslips and cuckoo-flowers almost hiding the hedge bottoms.
One should watch in this month for the first shoots of the spiggot, while the trained eye will easily distinguish the lambswart, the dogsfoot, and the cowslip.
There was always something to be picked at different times of the year, cowslips not butter cups or daisies, they were too common catkins, wood anemones, ferns, bluebells and may, beautiful scented white may.
Those men not on their shift attended the funeral, and others whose pains she had alleviated over the years came too, and the women from the surrounding cottages followed the cart carrying the plain coffin on which were small bunches of late primroses, cowslips and bluebells.
Sam had seen Ben hop nimbly from one tuft of grass to another when he went to gather cowslips for Betty, and the stout boy thought he could do the same.
While he is luxuriating amongst the cowslips, in what he calls thinking, she is teaching the sick people patience and nursing them.
The fields beyond, bordering on Otterbourne Park, are the best for cowslips in the parish.
Along the brooks and meads, the daffodil Its yellow richness spreads, And by the fountain-heads Of rivers, cowslips cluster round, and over every hill.
Over the meadows the cowslips are springing, The marshes are thick with king-cup gold, Clear is the cry of the lambs in the fold, The skylark is singing, and singing, and singing.
She went with Hermione along the bank of the pond, talking of beautiful, soothing things, picking the gentle cowslips.
If any one had gone round the fields on old May-day, the 13th, _his_ May-day, they might have found the deep blue bird's-eye veronica, anemones, star-like stitchworts, cowslips, buttercups, lesser celandine, daisies, white blackthorn, and gorse in bloom--in short, a list enough to make a page bright with colour, though the wind might be bitter.