marsh marigold
a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
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At the verge of the water, a thick green plant of marsh-marigold has one or two great golden flowers open.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesAll these belong to the order Compositae; but Caltha palustris, the marsh marigold, belongs to the order Ranunculaceae.
The marsh-marigold leaf will answer, or you can cut out water-lily leaves from oak or maple.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop | Lina BeardThe marsh marigold lies in the protection of bog tussocks and stream banks.
The Garden, You, and I | Mabel Osgood WrightMeadows shining with buttercups, hollows sunned with the marsh marigold held me long at gaze.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft | George Gissing
British Dictionary definitions for marsh marigold
a yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plant, Caltha palustris, that grows in swampy places: Also called: kingcup, May blobs, (US) cowslip
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