oxlip

[ oks-lip ]

/ ˈɒksˌlɪp /

a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.

Words nearby oxlip

oxidoreductase, oxime, oximeter, oximetry, oxisol, oxlip, oxnard, oxo, oxo acid, oxo process, oxo-

Why, do you remember that there stir, sir, about the ghost that was said to haunt Oxlip Dell?

Johnny Ludlow, Third Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
Oxlip, oks′lip, n. a species of primrose, having its flowers in an umbel on a stalk like the cowslip.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various
Drawing her scarlet cloak higher on her shoulders, she bent her steps towards Oxlip Dell.

Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
Huxley held forth last week about the oxlip, which he says is unknown on the Continent.

Charles Lyell and Modern Geology |Thomas George Bonney

The first visit we paid the following morning was to Oxlip Grange, to see Coralie.

Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood

oxlip

/ (ˈɒksˌlɪp) /

Also called: paigle a primulaceous Eurasian woodland plant, Primula elatior, with small drooping pale yellow flowers

Also called: false oxlip a similar and related plant that is a natural hybrid between the cowslip and primrose

Old English oxanslyppe, literally: ox's slippery dropping; see slip ³, compare cowslip