Definition of Oxlip

1. Noun. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.

Exact synonyms: Paigle, Primula Elatior
Generic synonyms: Primrose, Primula

Definition of Oxlip

1. n. The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

Definition of Oxlip

1. Noun. The plant '''''Primula elatior''''', similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oxlip

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oxlip

1. The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. Elatior). Origin: AS. Oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxlip

oxiodic
oxiracetam
oxirane
oxiranes
oxirene
oxirenes
oxirose
oxiroses
oxishly
oxisol
oxisols
oxland
oxlands
oxless
oxlike
oxlip (current term)
oxlips
oxo
oxo-
oxo-acid-lyases
oxo acid
oxoacetate
oxoacetic
oxoacetic acid
oxoacid
oxoacids
oxoalkyl
oxoamide
oxoanion
oxoanions

Literary usage of Oxlip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1896)
"The oxlip a hybrid naturally produced between ... In certain districts of England, the common oxlip—a hybrid between the cowslip (P. veria, ..."

2. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1835)
"Limb of the Corolla much smaller than in the oxlip (Primula elatior ), concave, or cup-shaped, of a deeper yellow on the upper side, with 5 orange-coloured ..."

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