Akademik

any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

↑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

1. : buttercup 1

2. : a marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)

/gohld"kup'/, n.

a Mexican climbing shrub, Solandra guttata, of the nightshade family, having cup-shaped yellow flowers marked with purple.

[1570-80; GOLD + CUP]