cowslipnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊ.slɪp/us/ˈkaʊ.slɪp/a small plant with yellow flowers that smell sweet
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Flowers & flowering plants
- anemone
- antirrhinum
- aster
- aubretia
- begonia
- catkin
- dogwood
- evening primrose
- forget-me-not
- forsythia
- foxglove
- narcissus
- nasturtium
- oleander
- orchid
- pansy
- posy
- wild flower
- wisteria
- woodbine
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Examples from literature
- But sometimes in the evenings after a glass of cowslip wine, her imagination took a bolder flight.
- Clara laughed strangely, and rose, picking the cowslips from her hair.
- He had found the double cowslips, and he knew now that I was neither a liar nor a thief.
- Here, the city gallant paused to laugh with the country girl, her basket full of May-boughs and cowslips.
- The windows of the cottage were filled with flowers, and cowslips and violets were plentifully scattered about the little garden.