The common name of Primula veris, a well-known wild plant in pastures and grassy banks, blossoming in spring, with drooping umbels of fragrant yellow…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > cowslip (12) cowslipc1000 The common name of Primula veris, a well-known wild plant in pastures and grassy banks, blossoming in spring, with drooping umbels of fragrant yellow… primerolea1350 Any of several flowers of early spring, esp. the primrose (Primula vulgaris), the cowslip (P. veris), and the field daisy (Bellis perennis). Also… herb Peter?a1450 ‘the cowslip, from its resemblance to St. Peter's badge, a bunch of keys’ (Prior). Peter?a1450 The cowslip, Primula veris. Cf. herb Peter n. at herb, n. compounds 2b. Obsolete. rare. paigle?c1450 The cowslip, Primula veris. Also: the oxlip (both the true oxlip, Primula elatior, and the false oxlip, P.× polyantha). St. Peter's wort1526 In the genitive. †(a) cowslip, Primula veris; †(b) feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium; (c) any of various species of hypericum (including several North… pigle1570 The cowslip, Primula veris; = paigle, n. rare. jackanapes on horseback1597 (a) any variety of marigold or daisy which has a flower with smaller flowers or flower-like parts growing from its edge (cf. hen and chickens, n. 2a)… palsywort1597 British regional. The cowslip, Primula veris. Now rare. galligaskin1629 A variety of the cowslip (Primula veris). passwort1671 The cowslip, Primula veris. fairy cups1855 (a) any of various lichens or fungi bearing cup-shaped fruiting bodies, esp. the fungus scarlet cup, Sarcoscypha coccinea, and several lichens of… |
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