Crossword-Solution: OXLIP
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oxlip | n. | The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior). |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with OXLIP (5)
The power of remaining for a good long period constant I look at as the essence of a species, combined with an appreciable amount of difference; and no one can say there is not this amount of difference between primrose and oxlip.
With respect to Primula, and one point about which I feel positive is that the Bardfield and common oxlips are fundamentally distinct plants, and that the common oxlip is a sterile hybrid.
Journ." Volume XXXIII., page 172, 1897.) I have never heard of the common oxlip being found in great abundance anywhere, and some amount of difference in number might depend on so small a circumstance as the presence of some moth which habitually sucked the primrose and cowslip.
The present species resembles to a certain extent in general appearance the common oxlip, which is a hybrid between the cowslip and primrose.
Loudon’s ‘Magazine of Natural History’ 3 1830 page 409.) Professor Henslow had previously transplanted into his garden a cowslip, which completely changed its appearance during the following year, and now resembled an oxlip.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 61 times in crossword archives (1961–2024).