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What (who) is oxlip paigle - definition

SPECIES OF PLANT
Oxlip; Oxslip; True oxlip; True oxslip; Oxlips
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Primula elatior         
Primula elatior, the oxlip (or true oxlip), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to nutrient-poor and calcium-rich damp woods and meadows throughout Europe, with northern borders in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden, eastwards to the Altai Mountains and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, and westwards in the British Isles.
Oxlip         
·noun The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).
oxlip         
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1. a woodland primula with yellow flowers that hang down one side of the stem. [Primula elatior.]
2. (also false oxlip) a natural hybrid between a primrose and a cowslip.
Origin
OE oxanslyppe, from oxa 'ox' + slyppe 'slime'; cf. cowslip.

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Primula elatior

Primula elatior, the oxlip (or true oxlip), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to nutrient-poor and calcium-rich damp woods and meadows throughout Europe, with northern borders in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden, eastwards to the Altai Mountains and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, and westwards in the British Isles.