buttercup
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Origin of buttercup
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Well, buckle up, buttercup, because here you’ll find an assortment of day hikes and weekend camping ideas that will have you filing for vacation before you realize you’re typing an email to your boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
If you have to go out, mask up buttercup!
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
A moth, Micropterix calthella, covered in golden balls of pollen from a creeping buttercup flower found in Mutter's Moor, near Sidmouth, Devon.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
They sell little jars of their house-made mayonnaise from a refrigerated case by the counter, by the way; it's thick and buttercup yellow from the high concentration of whipped egg yolk.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
Her day dress is buttercup yellow and perfectly complements her new skin color—a dusky light brown, like warmed milk with cinnamon and nutmeg stirred into it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
The vivid yellow of buttercups peeked through the high grass on the towpath.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
I keep my eyes to the ground, searching for yellow buttercups.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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