cowslip : Idioms & Phrases

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American cowslip

  • (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West (Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order (Primulaceæ) with the English cowslip.
Webster 1913

French cowslip

  • (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.
  • (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).
Webster 1913

Virginia cowslip

  • noun smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
    Mertensia virginica; Virginia bluebell.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica).
Webster 1913