cowslip /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/ noun8 •A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie — 1610 •Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance •Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip •Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip •Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip •(US, Canada) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations. •Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort •Ellipsis of cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers. formscowslips