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buttercup

[ buht-er-kuhp ]

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noun

any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves.

buttercup

/ ˈbʌtəˌkʌp /

See goldilocks, lesser celandine, spearwort, crowfoot
any of various yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus , such as R. acris (meadow buttercup), which is native to Europe but common throughout North America See also crowfoot goldilocks spearwort lesser celandine

1505–15; butter + cup, from color and shape of flower

At the superficial level, it’s just very helpful in teasing out the buttercups and mallows and primroses and paintbrushes.

No matter what was on that flag—a white buttercup, a corn muffin, the skeleton of an alligator, who knows?

Hadria was picking the petals off a buttercup one by one, and when she had destroyed one golden corolla, she attacked another.

What she saw was a bee hovering over a bright yellow buttercup that grew almost within reach of where she sat.

Be the best buttercup you can, and think no flower above you.

"Oh rubbish" laughed Helen and she stooped down to pick a buttercup.

Did you ever hear the little poem called The Discontented Buttercup?

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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