ranunculus
/ (rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs) /
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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Quantities of this ranunculus come floating down the Hogsmill brook, at times catching against the bridge.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesCaptain Sabine fell in with a ranunculus in full flower on the western side of the island, evidently the most genial.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry FrithEvery yellow ranunculus is called a "butter-cup," every large white umbellifer a "hemlock."
The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts | Georg HegelAmong early summer flowers in open borders few are prettier than the double-flowered kinds of ranunculus of the herbaceous type.
Monkshood grew there, also black and yellow clematis, rhubarb, ranunculus and primulas of different kinds.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
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