noun
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
• Syn: ↑buttercup, ↑butter-flower, ↑crowfoot, ↑goldcup, ↑kingcup
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑meadow buttercup, ↑tall buttercup, ↑tall crowfoot, ↑tall field buttercup, ↑Ranunculus acris, ↑common buttercup, ↑Ranunculus bulbosus, ↑mountain lily, ↑Mount Cook lily, ↑Ranunculus lyalii, ↑western buttercup, ↑Ranunculus occidentalis, ↑creeping buttercup, ↑creeping crowfoot, ↑Ranunculus repens, ↑cursed crowfoot, ↑celery-leaved buttercup, ↑Ranunculus sceleratus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranunculus, ↑genus Ranunculus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun : buttercup 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.