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noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
originFrom Middle English *oxeslyppe, from Old English oxanslyppe (“oxlip”), from oxan, genitive of oxa (“ox”) + slyppe (“paste, slimy substance”). Compare cowslip, of similar formation.
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