Oxlip Definition

ŏkslĭp
noun
A perennial plant (Primula elatior) of the primrose family, having yellow flowers in early spring.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Primula elatior
  • paigle

Other Word Forms of Oxlip

Noun

Singular:
oxlip
Plural:
oxlips

Origin of Oxlip

  • 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

  • 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

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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Words Starting With

OOXOXL

Words Ending With

PIPLIP

Unscrambles

oxlip

Words Starting With O and Ending With P

Starts With O & Ends With PStarts With OX & Ends With PStarts With O & Ends With IP

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