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Definition of Oxlip
1. Noun. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxlip
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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