cowslip

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COWSLIP, COWS-LIP, noun A plant of the genus Primula, or primrose, of several varieties. The American cowship belongs to the genus Dodecatheon; the Jerusalem and mountain cowslip to the genus Pulmonaria.
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