Meaning of RANUNCULUS
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| | Definition: | | [n] annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Ranunculus |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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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