Buttercup

['bʌtəkʌp] or ['bʌtɚkʌp]

Definition

(noun.) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.

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Definition

(n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

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