ranunculusn.

Brit.

/rəˈnʌŋkjᵿləs/, U.S.

/rəˈnəŋkjələs/

Inflections: Plural ranunculi, ranunculuses.

Forms: 1500s– ranunculus, 1600s–1700s ranunculus's (plural), 1700s ranunculos, 1700s ranunculuss, 1700s–1800s ranunculusses (plural).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rānunculus.

Etymology: < classical Latin rānunculus little frog, medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot (Pliny) < rāna frog (see ranid n.) + -unculus (see -uncle suffix). Compare Middle French ranuncule (1549; French renoncule).

Botany.

Originally: any of several meadow plants with palmate leaves and bright yellow flowers, members of the family Ranunculaceae; a buttercup; a crowfoot. Later more widely: any plant of the mostly of north temperate genus Ranunculus, the members of which have typically yellow or white flowers with numerous stamens and five or more free petals with nectaries at their base, and which also includes the spearworts, the lesser celandine, the water crowfoots, etc.; esp. (more fully garden ranunculus), R. asiaticus, of the eastern Mediterranean, grown widely as an ornamental in various forms and colours. Also (in form Ranunculus): the genus itself.globe, Persian, water ranunculus: see the first element.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 548.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > crowfoot

clovetonguec1325

pilewort?a1425

crowfootc1440

ranunculus1543

rape crowfoot1578

urchin crowfoot1578

water milfoil1578

lodewort1597

reate1655

hunger-weed1792

devil's claw1996

1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. at Apium risus Apium risus..is thought to be crowfote, and is called..Ranunculus, bicause frogges delite therin.

1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. I v^v A yelow floure like vnto the kyngcuppe called Ranunculus.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxii. 415 There be foure kindes of Ranunculus, or Crowfoote.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 42 I have made..even a ranunculus itselfe, to grow..with water.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2281 The small Bees..are to be found in pastures and meadows, upon the early-blown flowers of a sort of Ranunculus.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 39 A Root divided by Lumps or Clods, like the Ranunculus.

1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) III. at Ranunculus The Roots of this Sort are very like those of the Garden Ranunculus.

1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 25 Anemonies and ranunculuses, should be planted seven or eight inches distant from each other.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 7 In Ranunculus itself, which has a nectiferous gland at the base of the petals.

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 68 The florists' Ranunculus is the R. Asiaticus; but the genus is large, and several of the species, in their double varieties, are cultivated as border flowers.

1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) vii. 147 The common water ranunculus, whose white flowers cover the surface of many of our quiet rivulets in June.

1914 Daily Mail 31 Jan. 9/2 The planting of tuberous-rooted anemones and ranunculuses.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1739/1 Garden Ranunculus. Erect, 9 to 15 in. h. or more.

1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 22/1 Many fisheries..will still be nicely carpeted in surface plants—whether the ribbon weed and long flowing beds of ranunculus of fast rivers, or..lilies of still waters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ranunculus
释义	ranunculusn. Brit. /rəˈnʌŋkjᵿləs/, U.S. /rəˈnəŋkjələs/ Inflections: Plural ranunculi, ranunculuses. Forms: 1500s– ranunculus, 1600s–1700s ranunculus's (plural), 1700s ranunculos, 1700s ranunculuss, 1700s–1800s ranunculusses (plural). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rānunculus. Etymology: < classical Latin rānunculus little frog, medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot (Pliny) < rāna frog (see ranid n.) + -unculus (see -uncle suffix). Compare Middle French ranuncule (1549; French renoncule). Botany. Originally: any of several meadow plants with palmate leaves and bright yellow flowers, members of the family Ranunculaceae; a buttercup; a crowfoot. Later more widely: any plant of the mostly of north temperate genus Ranunculus, the members of which have typically yellow or white flowers with numerous stamens and five or more free petals with nectaries at their base, and which also includes the spearworts, the lesser celandine, the water crowfoots, etc.; esp. (more fully garden ranunculus), R. asiaticus, of the eastern Mediterranean, grown widely as an ornamental in various forms and colours. Also (in form Ranunculus): the genus itself.globe, Persian, water ranunculus: see the first element.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 548. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > crowfoot clovetonguec1325 pilewort?a1425 crowfootc1440 ranunculus1543 rape crowfoot1578 urchin crowfoot1578 water milfoil1578 lodewort1597 reate1655 hunger-weed1792 devil's claw1996 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. at Apium risus Apium risus..is thought to be crowfote, and is called..Ranunculus, bicause frogges delite therin. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. I v^v A yelow floure like vnto the kyngcuppe called Ranunculus. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxii. 415 There be foure kindes of Ranunculus, or Crowfoote. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 42 I have made..even a ranunculus itselfe, to grow..with water. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2281 The small Bees..are to be found in pastures and meadows, upon the early-blown flowers of a sort of Ranunculus. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 39 A Root divided by Lumps or Clods, like the Ranunculus. 1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) III. at Ranunculus The Roots of this Sort are very like those of the Garden Ranunculus. 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 25 Anemonies and ranunculuses, should be planted seven or eight inches distant from each other. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 7 In Ranunculus itself, which has a nectiferous gland at the base of the petals. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 68 The florists' Ranunculus is the R. Asiaticus; but the genus is large, and several of the species, in their double varieties, are cultivated as border flowers. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) vii. 147 The common water ranunculus, whose white flowers cover the surface of many of our quiet rivulets in June. 1914 Daily Mail 31 Jan. 9/2 The planting of tuberous-rooted anemones and ranunculuses. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1739/1 Garden Ranunculus. Erect, 9 to 15 in. h. or more. 1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 22/1 Many fisheries..will still be nicely carpeted in surface plants—whether the ribbon weed and long flowing beds of ranunculus of fast rivers, or..lilies of still waters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543
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