white buttercup

white buttercup
noun

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  • buttercup — /but euhr kup /, n. any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves. [1505 15; BUTTER + CUP, from color and shape of flower] * * * Any of about 250 species of herbaceous flowering plants… …   Universalium

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  • buttercup — noun Date: 1777 any of a genus (Ranunculus of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family) of herbs with yellow or white flowers and alternate leaves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • buttercup — /ˈbʌtəkʌp / (say butuhkup) noun any plant of the genus Ranunculus, with yellow or white, usually cup shaped flowers …  

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  • water buttercup — noun plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America • Syn: ↑water crowfoot, ↑Ranunculus aquatilis • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Kumlienia — Taxobox name = Kumlienia image width = 240px image caption = Kumlienia hystricula regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ranunculales familia = Ranunculaceae genus = Kumlienia genus authority = Greene subdivision… …   Wikipedia

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