buttercup family
noun
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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Nearby words
butterball, butterbread, butterbur, buttercream, buttercup, buttercup family, buttercup squash, butterfat, butterfat cheque, butterfield, butterfingers
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