PAIGLE

cowslip, paigle, Primula veris

(noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers

oxlip, paigle, Primula elatior

(noun) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

paigle (plural paigles)

(obsolete) cowslip

Anagrams

• -plegia, pilage, plegia

Source: Wiktionary


Pai"gle, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)

Definition: A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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