buttercup family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Ranunculaceae, typified by mostly herbaceous plants having usually alternate leaves, multistaminate flowers sometimes lacking petals but with colorful sepals, and including the anemone, buttercup, clematis, columbine, delphinium, and monkshood.

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Example Sentences

One client favored a Clematis collection — a flower in the buttercup family with 300 varieties.

From Washington Post

Instead of the usual medicines, a friend suggested aconite, a homeopathic remedy derived from a plant in the buttercup family.

From Los Angeles Times

Aconitum, part of the buttercup family, goes by various nicknames depending on the exact species - Monkshood, Wolfsbane, the Queen of Poisons, or Devil's Helmet.

From BBC

It is the globe flower, so called from the rounded shape of the corolla; it is one of the buttercup family, as you will, perhaps, guess.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of the buttercup family, and may be known as a white buttercup with a yellow centre.

From Project Gutenberg