Buttercup

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(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly Ranunculus bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; - called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

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buttercup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus Synonyms: butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup

butter-flower, butterflower, celery-leaved buttercup, common buttercup, creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, crowfoot, cursed crowfoot, genus Ranunculus, goldcup, herb, herbaceous plant, kingcup, meadow buttercup, Mount Cook lily, mountain lily, Ranunculus, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus bulbosus, Ranunculus lyalii, Ranunculus occidentalis, Ranunculus repens, Ranunculus sceleratus, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, western buttercup