bulbous buttercup
noun
a European buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, having yellow flowers in irregular branching clusters: a common weed in North America.
- Also called bulbous crowfoot.
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How to use bulbous buttercup in a sentence
The bulbous buttercup is very similar to the last species, but may be known at once by its swollen, bulbous root.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxIts stem is erect, hairy, and freely branched; and its leaves are much like those of the bulbous buttercup (p. 110).
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxIn spring the bulbous buttercup is found everywhere, filling the meadows with its sunshiny flowers.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. SmithThese remain close behind the yellow flower and do not fold back against the stalk as in the bulbous buttercup.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith
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