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Oxlip

Oxlip \Ox"lip`\, n. [AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.] (Bot.) The great cowslip ( Primula veris, var. elatior).

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oxlip

n. The plant (taxlink Primula elatior species noshow=1), similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers.

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oxlip

n. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel [syn: paigle, Primula elatior]

Usage examples of "oxlip".

They are scarcely more dissimilar than the primrose, the cowslip, and the oxlip, which have all been raised from the seed of the same plant, and are now regarded by botanists as varieties instead of species.

Now and then there are stalked heads like oxlips, white or red varieties.

A bright row of polyanthus and oxlips seemed to be the haunt of the male bees.

Now and then there are stalked heads like oxlips, white or red varieties.