A buttercup, esp. one of the genus Ranunculus.

Originally: any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus having bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers, spec. the buttercups R. bulbosus, R. acris, and…

(a) A popular name for the buttercup (cf. crowfoot, n.). (b) Applied by Gerarde to the Ragged Robin (Lychnis floscuculi); by Tannahill apparently to…

any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus; = kingcup, n.

any of several plants of the family Ranunculaceae having yellow, cup-shaped flowers; esp. a buttercup, genus Ranunculus.

Any of several other plants with diuretic qualities; esp. †(a) a buttercup (obsolete rare); (b) Caribbean stinking weed, esp. Cassia occidentalis…

More fully goldilocks buttercup, wood goldilocks. A woodland buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus, native to Europe and Asia.

A rustic name of various species of Ranunculus or buttercup.

Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus (family Ranunculaceae), which typically bear bright yellow cup-shaped flowers; esp. meadow…

any of various buttercups (genus Ranunculus).

a buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, native to western Europe, which has a distinctive bulb-shaped root structure and yellow flowers, and occurs as a…

any of several buttercups (genus Ranunculus).

Meg-many-feet n. also Meg-many-legs and variants. English regional (northern). Also Meg-wi'-many-teaz (i.e. toes). The creeping buttercup, Ranuncu…

A (? bulbous) buttercup: see quot.

Originally Scottish. Any of several plants having tough, creeping roots; spec. thorny restharrow, Ononis spinosa, and creeping buttercup, Ranunculus r…