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buttercup family

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Noun1.buttercup family - a family of Ranunculaceae
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
Aconitum, genus Aconitum - genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Actaea, genus Actaea - baneberry
genus Adonis, Adonis - annual or perennial herbs
genus Anemone - perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
Anemonella, genus Anemonella - one species: rue anemone
genus Aquilegia - columbine
Caltha, genus Caltha - a genus of Caltha
Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
genus Clematis - large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
Coptis, genus Coptis - small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers
Consolida, genus Consolida - plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium
genus Delphinium - large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous
Eranthis, genus Eranthis - winter aconite
genus Helleborus, Helleborus - a genus of Helleborus
genus Hepatica - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone
genus Hydrastis, Hydrastis - small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan
genus Isopyrum, Isopyrum - tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
genus Laccopetalum, Laccopetalum - one species: giant buttercup
genus Nigella - erect annual Eurasian herbs
genus Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
genus Thalictrum, Thalictrum - widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
genus Trautvetteria, Trautvetteria - small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane
genus Trollius, Trollius - perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers


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Black cohosh is a tall perennial plant that is part of the buttercup family It can be found growing in eastern and central areas of the United States Black cohosh is a tall perennial plant that is part of the buttercup family.
The two main homeopathic tinctures she took were Hydrasis or Goldenseal, a perennial herb of the buttercup family which is often used as a multipurpose remedy, and Caulophyllum (right), a distinctive spring flower from eastern Asia and eastern North America, well known as an alternative medicine for inducing childbirth.
Both anemones and hellebores belong to the buttercup family (Ranunculus), whose members include a number of other garden-worthy species, all with finely cut foliage and a garden performance that coincides with our cooler seasons.
 
 
 
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