buttercup

but·ter·cup  (btr-kp)

n.

Any of numerous herbs of the genus Ranunculus, native chiefly to temperate and cold regions and having acrid juice, often toothed or lobed leaves, and usually yellow or white flowers with numerous pistils.

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buttercup

Noun

a small bright yellow flower

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

buttercup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup - perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America common buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus - perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America Mount Cook lily, Ranunculus lyalii, mountain lily - showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand Ranunculus occidentalis, western buttercup - perennial of western North America creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, Ranunculus repens - perennial European herb with long creeping stolons celery-leaved buttercup, cursed crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus - annual herb growing in marshy places herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Translations

buttercup [ˈbʌtəkʌp] n → ranúnculo

buttercup [ˈbʌtəkʌp] butter n → bouton m d'or

buttercup [ˈbʌtəkʌp] n → Butterblume f

buttercup [ˈbʌtəkʌp] n → ranuncolo