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cowslip
(redirected from Primula veris)

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cowslip, name for plants of the borage borage , common name for the Boraginaceae, a family of widely distributed herbs and some tropical shrubs or trees characterized by rough or hairy stems, four-part fruits, and usually fragrant blossoms.
..... Click the link for more information. , marsh marigold marsh marigold, perennial spring-blooming Old World and North American plant (Caltha palustris) of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), found in wet places. It has rounded glossy leaves and large buttercuplike flowers of bright and shining yellow.
..... Click the link for more information. , and primrose primrose, common name for the genus Primula of the Primulaceae, a family of low perennial herbs with species found on all continents, most frequently in north temperate regions.
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cowslip

Any of several flowering plants, including (chiefly in British usage) the wild primrose (Primula veris) and (in U.S. usage) the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris). P. veris, once so abundant that it was used freely to make cowslip wine, is now much less common. Both P. veris and C. palustris are used in herbal remedies.

cowslip
1. a primrose, Primula veris, native to temperate regions of the Old World, having fragrant yellow flowers
2. US and Canadian another name for marsh marigold
cowslip
symbol of beauty. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 377]
See : Beauty
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Cowslip - Primula veris - a wonderful harbinger of spring - surprise - the flowers are sweetly scented.
Carol's choice My top ten plants; Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Other plants to be seen in March are Forsythia, Chaenomeles, Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose), Ribes sanguineum (Flowering currant), Primula veris (cowslips) and of course daffodils.
SPRING IN TO ACTION by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
The name primula comes from primus, Latin for first, indicating the early-flowering habit of the yellow cowslip, Primula veris - "first of spring" - one of the parents from which polyanthus have been bred.
Why have a few flowers when you can have loads of them! by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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