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ranunculus

British

/ rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs /

noun

any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus , having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine

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Etymology

Origin of ranunculus

C16: from Latin: tadpole, from rāna a frog

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In my piece, we have candy stripe ranunculus, which I was able to find for the candy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

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

Among them are purple, yellow, pink, and white primulas, golden potentillas, gentians of deepest azure, delicate anemones, speedwells, fritillaries, oxalis, balsams, and ranunculus.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

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