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Definition of Oxlips
1. oxlip [n] - See also: oxlip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxlips
Literary usage of Oxlips
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)
"... short-styled oxlips with one another and with the two forms of both parent-
species—Character of the offspring from oxlips artificially telf- fertilised ..."
2. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
""THE SWEET O' THE YEAR Primroses, Cowslips, and oxlips PRIMROSE (Primula vulgaris).
English poets have always regarded the primrose as the first flower of ..."
3. Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1848-1888 by Matthew Arnold, George William Erskine Russell (1895)
"is a paradise for cowslips, even the railway embankments are covered with them,
and next week I shall be where oxlips grow in every wood. ..."
4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"... short-styled oxlips with one another and with the two forms of both parent-
species—Character of the offspring from oxlips artificially telf- fertilised ..."
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