gold cupn.
/ˈɡəʊl(d) kʌp/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊl(d) ˌkəp/ (In sense 2 usually)Brit. /ˌɡəʊl(d) ˈkʌp/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊl(d) ˈkəp/ 1. Any of several buttercups (genus Ranunculus). Also in plural. Now historical and rare.In later use often in form goldcup.Now only in lists of alternative names for these plants.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers
githa1382
nigellaa1398
gollana1400
pilewort?a1425
gold-knop1538
fig-wort1548
lucken gowan1548
melanthion1559
gold crap1571
bachelor's buttons1578
celandine1578
gold cup1578
Goldilocks1578
nigel1578
nigelweed1578
troll flower1578
peppergrass1587
golden cup1589
globe crowfoot1597
globeflower1597
winter aconite1597
kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664
devil-in-a-bush1722
globe ranunculus1731
turban1760
love-in-a-mist1787
love-in-a-puzzle1824
fair-grass1825
water buttercup1831
golden knobs1835
ficary1848
New Year's gift1856
bishop wort1863
fennel-flower1863
golden ball1875
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxiv. 421 Gold knoppe is of two sortes, ye single and double, or els the garden Golde-cuppe, and the wild.
1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 23/1 Ranunculus. Hath got a sort of English names: Crowfoot, King-kob, Gold-cups, Gold-knobs, Butter-flowers &c.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Gold Cups, or Crow's Foot, or King's Cups,..are Ranunculus pratensis.
1792 T. Martyn Flora Rustica I. 30 These three Crowfoots are confounded by persons ignorant of Botany under the names of Butter-flowers, Butter-cups, King-Cups, Gold-cups and Gold-knops.
1849 Reverberations ii. 45 Goldcups in the meadows.
2014 J. Eastman Wildflowers Eastern U.S. 50/1 Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)... Other names: tall buttercup, meadow buttercup, blister-plant, tall crowfoot, kingcups, goldcups, butterflower.
2. Sport (chiefly Horse Racing). A golden cup awarded as a prize in a competition. Hence (often with capital initials): an event for which the winner receives this.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > awards and prizes
garland?a1513
plate1639
cupc1640
dog plate1686
gold medal1694
gold cup1718
sweepstake1773
trophy1822
bronze medal1852
shield1868
statuette1875
pot1885
team honours1895
letter1897
silver medal1908
school colour1913
gold1945
bronze1960
silver1960
Fed Cup1965
1718 Post-man & Hist. Acct. 15 Feb. The Gold Cup for 5 Years old Mares.
1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 117/2 At Knutsford..he won the Gold Cup..; and over for the Pengwern Stakes at Holywell.
1935 Times 4 Jan. 4/2 The Racing Calendar also contains the entries for the Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 10 July Neilson had an old, slow boat at last year's Finn world championship, the Gold Cup [in sailing].
2014 Ireland's Eye Mar. 12/1 The Gold Cup is the most prestigious race of the meeting, and the race regarded as the blue riband of steeplechasing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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