buttercup
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈbʌtərˌkʌp/
:
ranúnculo
- The meadow was filled with bright yellow buttercups swaying gently in the breeze.
- buttercup yellow
- little buttercup
- meadow of buttercups
Examples
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Her father had been a forester, and she'd grown up watching the bison grazing on buttercups under the oaks.
Fiction book (1996) -
A few sagebrush buttercups had begun to bloom with the retreat of the snow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Snow seeped into the earth and wildflowers appeared: first buttercups, then lupines, then roses.
Fiction book (1995) -
In their rented farmhouse there, the windows collected sunshine from surrounding fields full of milkweed, daisies, and buttercups.
Fiction book (1995) -
Everywhere, winter's waned snowbanks had given rise to galaxies of buttercups, columbine, larkspur, and Indian paintbrush.
Fiction book (2001) -
As spring arrived, the garden bloomed with various flowers, including cheerful buttercups.
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Children love to pick buttercups and make crowns from the delicate flowers during picnics.
Synonyms
1
9.5
A small plant with bright yellow or white flowers like a buttercup
1
8.9
A small plant with bright yellow flowers and divided leaves like a bird's foot
A small wild plant with bright yellow flowers
A small wild flower with bright yellow shiny petals
A small plant with bright yellow flowers that look like cups
A wild plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers
A common yellow buttercup that grows in meadows in Europe and North America
A wildflower with bright yellow spring flowers found in meadows
A European wild flower that comes back every year with bright yellow spring flowers
A tall wild plant with bright yellow spring flowers that can poison farm animals
A wild plant with tall stems and bright yellow flowers
A buttercup plant that lives for several years, has golden yellow flowers and bulb-like roots, and blooms in late spring
A low plant with bright yellow flowers that spreads along the ground in wet grass
A low plant with long stems that spread along the ground and small bright yellow flowers in damp places
A small plant like a buttercup that grows in wet places with bright yellow flowers
A plant that grows in wetlands with long pointed leaves and yellow buttercup flowers
A tall plant that grows near water with long spear-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
A yearly buttercup that grows in wet places and can cause skin irritation
A plant with leaves like celery and bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places
A large white mountain flower from New Zealand with round leaves
A small wild flower with shiny yellow petals that blooms early near sagebrush
A buttercup plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers in western North America
A small yellow buttercup that blooms early in spring in western North America
Compounds
- South African
A bulb plant with bright yellow flowers grown in gardens and sometimes a weed
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants that includes buttercups and flowers like columbines and clematis
- Specialized
A plant with leaves like celery and bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places
- Specialized
A low plant with long stems that spread along the ground and small bright yellow flowers in damp places
A small wild flower with shiny yellow petals that blooms early near sagebrush
A tall wild plant with bright yellow spring flowers that can poison farm animals
A wildflower from western North America that lives many years and has shiny yellow flowers
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buttercup comes from the old combination of butter and cup, because the flower is bright yellow like 'butter' and shaped like a small 'cup'. So a buttercup is a yellow, cup-shaped wild flower.