ranunculus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ranunculus
C16: from Latin: tadpole, from rāna a frog
Example Sentences
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Tables were dressed in green linens and had seasonal spring bouquets featuring butterfly ranunculus, phlox, and lily of the valley.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Visitors can buy ranunculus and other items at an on-site Armstrong Garden Center shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
On March 1, the property alongside I-5 opens for its annual springtime seasonal celebration, with color and scent supplied by 55 acres of ranunculus flowers that typically bloom for six to eight weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
For a recent breakfast in London, she used silver dessert bowls to anchor spindly arrangements of chocolate cosmos, pink scabiosa, ranunculus and white anemone.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Growing under the shade of these are several varieties of rose, honeysuckle, currant, gooseberry, hawthorn, rhododendron and a luxuriant herbage, among which the ranunculus family is important for frequency and number of genera.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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