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Definition of Oxlips

Oxlip
Oxlip Ox"lip`, n. [AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.] (Bot.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

Meaning of Oxlips from wikipedia

- epithet elatior means "taller". The common name "oxlip", from "ox" and "slip", may refer to the fact that oxlips (and cowslips) are often found in a boggy pasture...
- created for the garden trade. Naturally‑occurring individuals (the false oxlips) tend to have yellow flowers, while a wide range of flower colors has been...
- primrose Primula vulgaris to form false oxlip (Primula × polyantha) which is often confused with true oxlip (Primula elatior), a much rarer plant. The...
- Oxlip is an unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located within Spencer Brook Township and Bradford Township...
- Suffolk, Es**** and Cambridgeshire meet. Originally it was thought that oxlips were cowslip-primrose hybrids but in 1842 Henry Doubleday and Charles Darwin...
- flowers in their writings. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine...
- Hill, with an elevation of 128 metres (420 ft). The county flower is the oxlip. According to estimates by the Office for National Statistics, the po****tion...
- species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip), and P. elatior (oxlip). These species and many others are valued for their ornamental flowers...
- between Primula vulgaris Huds. (the primrose) and P. elatior (L.) Hill (the oxlip) . In: Watsonia . Volume 7 , No. 3 , 1969, pp. 115-127 The Cambridge World...
- HMS Oxlip was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Oxlip was ordered in July 1939 as part of the Royal Navy's 1939...