Oxlip definition

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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.
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A perennial plant (Primula elatior) of the primrose family, having yellow flowers in early spring.
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The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
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Noun

Singular:
oxlip
Plural:
oxlips

Origin of oxlip

  • Middle English oxeslippe from Old English oxanslyppe oxan genitive sing. of oxa ox slyppe slimy substance sleubh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English *oxeslyppe, from Old English oxanslyppe (“oxlip"), from oxan, genitive of oxa (“ox") + slyppe (“paste, slimy substance"). Compare cowslip, of similar formation.

    From Wiktionary

Oxlip Sentence Examples

  • The wide and varied flora includes marsh marigold, oxlip and cowslip.

  • Please ensure that these are available for use when running oxlip.

  • Crosses inter se between the two forms of the common oxlip.

  • Printing from Oxlip databases It is possible to make print outs from most of the databases on oxlip databases It is possible to make print outs from most of the databases on Oxlip.

  • The common Oxlip is a hybrid more or less intermediate between the Cowslip and the Primrose.

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