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king·cup  (kngkp)

n. Chiefly British

1. Any of several plants with yellow flowers.

2. The marsh marigold.

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kingcup

Noun

Brit a yellow-flowered plant; marsh marigold

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Noun	1.	kingcup - swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, Caltha palustris, cowslip, water dragon Caltha, genus Caltha - a genus of Caltha bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
	2.	kingcup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup 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