Oxslip vs Cowslip - What's the difference?
oxslip | cowslip |
A low-growing plant, , with yellow flowers.
* 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
# , a flowering plant known as (vern, God's cowslip) and (rila cowslip)
# , a flowering plant known as (giant cowslip) and (Tibetan cowslip)
# , a flowering plant known as (Himalayan cowslip) and (Sikkim cowslip)
# (North America, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris , a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
# , (blue cowslip) or (narrow-leaved lungwort)
As a noun cowslip is
a low-growing plant, , with yellow flowers.oxslip
Not English
Oxslip has no English definition. It may be misspelled.cowslip
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia cowslip)- Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;