bulbous buttercup

American  

noun

1. a European buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, having yellow flowers in irregular branching clusters: a common weed in North America.

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Example Sentences

From left: a bulbous buttercup, an owlet moth caterpillar and a Canada mayflower.

From New York Times

Hierba amargosa means ragweed, hierba amarilla means an oxeye daisy, and so on down to hierba velluda meaning bulbous buttercup.

From Time Magazine Archive

For sciatica the tincture of the bulbous buttercup has proved very helpful.

From Project Gutenberg

In the case of the bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, I have succeeded in isolating this secondary summit, although not in a separate variety, but only in a form corresponding to the type of ever-sporting varieties.

From Project Gutenberg

This and the bulbous buttercup, having so much else in common, have also the same visitors.

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