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tall buttercup

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noun

  1. a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.

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Mr. Marius Longford smiled, and picked a tall buttercup nodding in the grass at his feet.

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie

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