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paiglenoun(obsolete) cowslip
meadow brightnoun(dialectal, England) A swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups; Caltha palustris.
kingcupnoun(British, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
marsh marigoldnounCaltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.
caltha palustrisCaltha palustris, known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium sized perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
water dragonnounAny of various agamid lizards of eastern Asia and Australasia, including the genera Physignathus, Intellagama, and Tropicagama, all of subfamily Amphibolurinae.
primula verisPrimula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn.
may blobnounswamp plant of europe and north america having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

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kingcupnoun(British, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
meadow brightnoun(dialectal, England) A swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups; Caltha palustris.
marsh marigoldnounCaltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.
paiglenoun(obsolete) cowslip
water dragonnounAny of various agamid lizards of eastern Asia and Australasia, including the genera Physignathus, Intellagama, and Tropicagama, all of subfamily Amphibolurinae.
caltha palustrisCaltha palustris, known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium sized perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
may blobnounswamp plant of europe and north america having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
primula verisPrimula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn.
cowslippenounObsolete form of cowslip. [A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.]
palsywortnounThe cowslip (Primula veris).
cowslip teanounAn herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
oxlipnounA plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
oxslipnounAlternative form of oxlip. [A plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.]
oxelipnounObsolete form of oxlip. [A plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.]
slipperwortnounAny of various plants of the genus Calceolaria, usually with orange or yellow flowers.
primrosenounA flowering plant of the genus Primula.
primulanoun(botany) Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
herb peternounThe cowslip or primrose.
false oxlipnounA naturally occurring hybrid species (Primula × polyantha) of common cowslip and common primrose.
yellow woodsorrelnounA low spreading plant with yellow flowers and clover-like leaves (Oxalis stricta).

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