Meanings
plural oxlips · alternative oxelip · alternative oxslip
- A plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
Synonyms: true oxlip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishoxanslyppe“oxlip”
- Middle English*oxeslyppe
- Englishoxlip
From Middle English *oxeslyppe, from Old English oxanslyppe (“oxlip”), from oxan, genitive of oxa (“ox”) + slyppe (“paste, slimy substance”). Compare cowslip, of similar formation.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian иглика
- иглика (iglika)plant
Czech prvosenka vyšší
- prvosenka vyššíplant
Dutch slanke sleutelbloem
- slanke sleutelbloemplant
Finnish etelänkevätesikko
- etelänkevätesikkoplant
German Hohe Schlüsselblume
- Hohe Schlüsselblumeplant
Polish pierwiosnek wyniosły, pierwiosnka wyniosła
- pierwiosnek wyniosłyplant
- pierwiosnka wyniosłaplant
Romanian ciuboțica-cucului
- ciuboțica-cuculuiplant
Russian первоцве́т высо́кий, при́мула высо́кая
- первоцве́т высо́кий (pervocvét vysókij)plant
- при́мула высо́кая (prímula vysókaja)plant
Welsh briallu-Mair di-sawr
- briallu-Mair di-sawrplant
Cite this entry
oxlip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxlip
“oxlip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxlip. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxlip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxlip.
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