Definition of "cowslip"

cowslip

/ˈkaʊ.slɪp/

noun
plural cowslips
1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
  Quotations
  Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip's bell I lie;
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]
2. Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance
  1. Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
  2. Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
  3. Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
  4. (Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
  5. Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
3. Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.