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Ranunculus

Ranunculus Meaning & Definition
Ranunculus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ranunculus?

[n] annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ranunculus: genus Ranunculus

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

Ranunculus In Webster's Dictionary

\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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