a perennial plant (Primula elatior) of the primrose family, having yellow flowers in early spring
Origin of oxlip
Old English oxanslyppe from oxan, genitive of oxa (see ox) + slyppe, dropping: see slip
noun
The definition of an oxlip is a European primrose that has yellow flowers on one side of the stem.
A plant that has a yellow rose flower on one side of its thorny stem and that is a cross between a cowslip and a hybrid primrose is an example of an oxlip.
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A Eurasian primrose (Primula elatior) having yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
Origin of oxlip
Middle English oxeslippe from Old English oxanslyppe oxan genitive sing. of oxa ox slyppe slimy substance ; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural oxlips)
- The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
Origin
From Middle English *oxeslyppe, from Old English oxanslyppe (“oxlip"), from oxan, genitive of oxa (“ox") + slyppe (“paste, slimy substance"). Compare cowslip, of similar formation.
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Sentence Examples
- The common Oxlip is a hybrid more or less intermediate between the Cowslip and the Primrose.
- The chief British genera are Primula, including P. vulgaris, primrose, P. veris, cowslip, P. elation, oxlip, and the small alpine species P. farinosa, with mealy leaves; Lysimachia, loose strife, including L.