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Meaning of RANUNCULUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
 
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 Synonyms: genus Ranunculus
 
 See Also: buttercup, buttercup family, butterflower, crowfoot, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, goldcup, greater spearwort, kingcup, lesser celandine, lesser spearwort, magnoliid dicot genus, pilewort, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculus aquatilis, Ranunculus ficaria, Ranunculus flammula, Ranunculus glaberrimus, Ranunculus lingua, sagebrush buttercup, water buttercup, water crowfoot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ra*nun`cu*lus\, n.; pl. E. {Ranunculuses}, L.
{Ranunculi}. [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps
crowfoot, dim. of rana a frog; cf. raccare to roar.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including
crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi ({R.
Asiaticus}, {R. aconitifolius}, etc.) in which the flowers
are double and of various colors.
 
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