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oxlip

NOUN
  1. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel

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  • The London rocket (_Sisymbrium irio_) occurs only in the old towns of Hertford and Ware; the true oxlip (_Primula elatior_) near the head of the River Stort; a very rare broom-rape, _Orobanche cærulea_, at Hertfordshire
  • They are scarcely more dissimilar than the primrose, the cowslip, and the oxlip, which have all been raised from the seed of the same plant, and are now regarded by botanists as varieties instead of species. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges
  • I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
  • Flowers like the oxlip, with transparently thin petals, only faintly washed with colour, yet have a distinct and pervasive scent. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
  • The Cowslip Count took place in the spring of 2000 and we received data on over 2,000 places around the UK where cowslips, primroses and false oxlips are growing.
  • Cowslip and oxlip are familiar names of varieties of the same plant, and they bear so close a resemblance that it is hard to tell them apart. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
  • Violet by a mossy stone, 469. glowing, 248. here and there a, 428. in the youth of primy nature, 129. of his native land, 632. oxlips and the nodding, 58. throw a perfume on the, 79. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
  • I enticed him to a field where I knew it was possible to secure an occasional oxlip, but he only looked pale, shook his head distressingly, and said, I don't think nothin 'of Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden
  • I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
  • We photographed oxlips in Hayley Wood (look at the Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust site for details), but you'll find oxlips in other ancient woods, particularly in East Anglia.
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