genus Ranunculus

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1.genus Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfootRanunculusmagnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsbuttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceaebuttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup - any of various plants of the genus RanunculusRanunculus aquatilis, water buttercup, water crowfoot - plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North Americalesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria - perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve pileslesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula - semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New ZealandRanunculus glaberrimus, sagebrush buttercup - small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North Americagreater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua - semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears