cowslip vs kingcup what difference

what is difference between cowslip and kingcup

English

Alternative forms

• cowslippe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cowslyppe, from Old English cūslyppe (“cowslip”), from cū (“cow”) + slyppe (“paste, viscid substance”), related to Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide, move softly”). Compare oxlip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/
• Hyphenation: cow‧slip

Noun

cowslip (plural cowslips)

1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
   • 1610, Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 5 scene 1

     Where the bee sucks, there suck I: / In a cowslip’s bell I lie;

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.

Synonyms

• (Primula veris): paigle, herb Peter
• (Caltha palustris): marsh marigold, kingcup, mayflower, mollyblobs, pollyblobs, horse blob

Translations

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From king +‎ cup

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋkʌp/

Noun

kingcup (plural kingcups)

1. (Britain, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
   • 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage 2006, page 99:

     He told me how the wise toad who squats among the kingcups by the stream in summer has a very precious jewel in his head.

Translations

Anagrams

• pick gun, pucking

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