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COWSLIP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

Synonyms:

Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cowslip" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("cowslip" is a member of...):

Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers

Synonyms:

cowslip; paigle; Primula veris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cowslip" is a kind of...):

primrose; primula (any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads)

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