gold-knopn.
/ˈɡəʊldˌnɒp/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldˌnɑp/ English regional (south-western) in later use. Now historical and rare.
Any of various yellow-flowered plants, spec. any of several buttercups (genus Ranunculus) (also in plural). Occasionally also: †a bud or flower of a buttercup (obsolete). Now only in lists of alternative names for buttercups.
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β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 39v Crowfoote..It beareth yelowe flowers called Goldknops.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iv. 69/1 He beareth Azure, a double Crowfoot, or a Ranunculus slipt, with one Leaf, Or. Before the Flower is budded forth, they are called Gold-Knops.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.1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Gold Knops, Ranunculus acris, L., R. bulbosus, L., and R. repens, L.—Glou.2010 N. Groom in N. Roe Eng. Romantic Writers & West Country ii. 53 The king-cup is a crowsfoot, also called the butter-flower, buttercup, gold-cup, and gold-knop.1538 T. Elyot Dict. Batrachion, an herbe, whiche I do suppose is that whiche is commonly called goldknap, or crowefoote.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Gold-knappe, or yelow craye herbe,..batrachium, Chrisanthemum.
1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis 3rd Index sig. Nnn1v/1 Coma aurea, Chrysocome, Gold knaps.
1657 C. Hoole Vocabularium Parvum Anglo-Latinum 11 Gold knaps, chrysanthemum.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Polyanthemon An herb called crowfoot, goldcup, or gold-knap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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