Cowslip may refer to:

Plants

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Primula veris ''Primula veris'', the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. ''Primula officinalis'' John Hill (author), ), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the Primula vulgaris, primrose family (biology), family Primulaceae. The specie ...

'', an Old World flowering plant commonly known as cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. ''Primula officinalis''), * '' Primula deorum'', also known as Rila primrose, Rila cowslip or God's cowslip, alpine flower native to Bulgaria * ''

Primula florindae ''Primula florindae'', the Tibetan cowslip or giant cowslip, is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Primulaceae''. It is native to southeastern Tibet, where it grows in huge numbers close to rivers such as the Tsangpo. It is a substanti ...

'', a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip, native to southeastern Tibet * ''

Primula sikkimensis ''Primula sikkimensis'' (Himalayan cowslip, Sikkim cowslip, ) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Himalayan region at altitudes of , from western Nepal to south west China. It is an herbaceous perennial growin ...

'', a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip * ''

Caltha palustris ''Caltha 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. It flow ...

'', a northern hemisphere flowering plant known as marsh marigold, kingcup and in America sometimes as cowslip * ''

Pulmonaria angustifolia ''Pulmonaria angustifolia'', the narrow-leaved lungwort or blue cowslip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to central and north eastern Europe. Growing to tall by broad, it is an herbaceous perennial with hairy ...

'', blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort of central/northern Europe

Naval ships

* USCGC ''Cowslip'' (WLB-277), a sea going buoy tender * USS ''Cowslip'' (1863), a United States Navy steamship * HMS ''Cowslip'', a

Flower-class corvette The Flower-class corvetteGardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 62. (also referred to as the ''Gladiolus'' class after the lead ship) was a British class of 294 corvettes used during World War II by the Allied navies particularly as anti-submarine ...

commissioned 9 August 1941 and scrapped in 1949

Other uses

* Cowslip (racehorse), a competitor in the 1836 Grand National * Cowslip (''Watership Down''), a rabbit in the novel ''Watership Down'' * Cowslip (bovine podiatry), a tough plastic shoe used to treat lameness in cattle {{Disambiguation, plants, ship