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buttercup
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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