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buttercup
(-kup′)
adjective
designating a large, widespread family (Ranunculaceae, order Ranunculales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants, including peonies, aconites, and anemones
noun
any of a genus (Ranunculus) of normally yellow-flowered plants of the buttercup family, common in meadows and wet places
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noun
Any of numerous herbs of the genus Ranunculus, native chiefly to temperate and cold regions and having acrid juice, often toothed or lobed leaves, and usually yellow or white flowers with numerous pistils.
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