meadow buttercup

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Noun1.meadow buttercup - perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North Americameadow buttercup - perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
Ranunculus acris, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup
buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
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Your free seed mix will include colourful varieties such as corn marigold, meadow buttercup and oxeye daisy.
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It's the vignettes that suck us in: how beggars used the juice of the ubiquitous meadow buttercup to blister their skin for sympathy; how flirtatious wrens court in the spring; and how the curlew lands 20 yards from its nest, creeping in on foot so predators don't follow its descent directly to the chicks.
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Meadow buttercup, the globe flower and the woodland cranesbill are all native to Scotland and should enjoy the situation.
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Meadow buttercup, lady's smock and the globe flower are all native to Scotland.
Weed out the grass or let it grow wild?
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