ranunculus

British  

/ rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs /

noun

1. 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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ranunculus

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

Besides the ranunculus fields, the ranch’s offerings this spring include:

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

Are you that learned little Psyche who At school alarmed her mates because she called A buttercup "ranunculus bulbosus"?

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir