cowslip

[ kou-slip ]

/ ˈkaʊ slɪp /

an English primrose, Primula veris, having fragrant yellow flowers.

the marsh marigold.

Origin of cowslip

before 1000; Middle English cowslyppe, Old English cūslyppe, equivalent to cū cow¹ + slyppe, slypa slime; see slip³

What cowslip balls, and what cowslip tea-parties it had afforded us.

Last Words |Juliana Horatia Ewing
Irma alone, of the Cowslip Room, would attend the festival in the glory of a new gown.

For the School Colours |Angela Brazil
In the Primrose and Cowslip, again, we find quite a different plan.

The Beauties of Nature |Sir John Lubbock
Gone is the green headland; gone the cowslip bank; gone the pendent boughs.

Knowledge is Power: |Charles Knight

It was rather hard work for Cowslip, but at last she made a big enough hole and Hans leaped out.

Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) |Various

cowslip

/ (ˈkaʊˌslɪp) /

Also called: paigle a primrose, Primula veris, native to temperate regions of the Old World, having fragrant yellow flowers

US and Canadian another name for marsh marigold

Old English cūslyppe; see cow 1, slip ³