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buttercup
[ buht-er-kuhp ]
noun
- any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves.
buttercup
/ ˈbʌtəˌkʌp /
noun
- 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
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No matter what was on that flag—a white buttercup, a corn muffin, the skeleton of an alligator, who knows?
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Hadria was picking the petals off a buttercup one by one, and when she had destroyed one golden corolla, she attacked another.
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What she saw was a bee hovering over a bright yellow buttercup that grew almost within reach of where she sat.
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Be the best buttercup you can, and think no flower above you.
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"Oh rubbish" laughed Helen and she stooped down to pick a buttercup.
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Did you ever hear the little poem called The Discontented Buttercup?
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