buttercupn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəkʌp/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌkəp/

Forms:

α. see butter n.¹ and cup n.

β. 1600s–1700s buttercups (in sense A. 2a).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, cup n.

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + cup n. In sense A. 2a so called on account of the colour and appearance of the flowers. Compare earlier butterflower n. and gold cup n. 1, kingcup n. as names of the same plants, and compare also cup n. 4.See note at butterflower n. on explanations that are sometimes found of the origin of both plant names on the basis of popular notions of the plants' connection with butter (as also for the notion that the name's origin is connected with the children's game described in quot. 1922 at sense A. 2a).

A. n.

†1. A cup for holding butter. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > butter dish

butter plate1490

buttercup1497

butter dish1559

butter boat1747

1497–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 100 Pro iiij^or lez buttercuppez, 4d.

1513 Will of Edward Grantham (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/17) f. 174^v My buttercuppis of silver.

1543 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 185 It. a butter cup, ij ladels, vj butter pottes.

a. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus (family Ranunculaceae), which typically bear bright yellow cup-shaped flowers; esp. meadow buttercup, R. acris, and bulbous buttercup, R. bulbosus; a flowering stem of such a plant. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. butterflower n. 1, ranunculus n.bulbous buttercup, meadow buttercup, Persian buttercup, water buttercup: see the first element.

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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 > buttercup

butterflower1527

kingcup1538

crow-flower1597

king-cob1597

gilt cup1610

pissabed1640

Goldilocks1650

craysec1652

buttercup1688

yellow cup1824

bulbous buttercup1844

goldballs1854

Meg-many-feet1878

clovewort1886

sitfast1901

1688 J. Ray Historia Plantarum II. Nomenclator Botanicus sig. d4 Crowfoot, or Butter-Cups. Ranunculus.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 292 [Ranunculus bulbosus] Bulbous Crowfoot, or Butter-cups. Anglis.

1784 W. Godwin Damon & Delia iii. 23 There was a bank embroidered with daisies and butter-cups.

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.

1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 25 Buttercups, that will be seen, Whether we will see or no.

1851 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 19 Sept. A fresh yellow buttercup meadow, dotted with cows and sheep.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. §2. 123 Thus, we refer all the species of Buttercup to the genus Ranunculus.

1922 W. Nutting Vermont Beautiful xxiii. 137 We were also told that if holding a buttercup under the chin produced a yellow reflection it was proof that one liked butter!

1978 National Geographic Jan. 120 (caption) A chicken-size weka—one of New Zealand's many flightless birds—strolls among mountain buttercups atop MacKinnon Pass.

1990 Amateur Gardening 3 Nov. 36/2 How do you suggest I get rid of creeping buttercup which is forming a dense carpet among my raspberry canes?

2014 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 26 Buttercups are opening and there will soon be fields of yellow everywhere.

b. Usually with distinguishing word. Any of various unrelated plants bearing flowers resembling those of Ranunculus.Bermuda butter-cup, meadow buttercup, water buttercup: see the first element.

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1839 G. Dennis Summer in Andalucia II. vii. 156 Here and there a few mosses, a wild violet, or white buttercup, nestling in the crevices of the rocks.

1887 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr. 560/2 We have the bull-buttercup (Caltha palustris), and the same flower is known in other counties as the horse-buttercup.

1910 Bull. Connecticut Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. No. 14. 234 Potentilla canadensis..Running Buttercup. Common. Dry, open places, especially on hillsides.

1995 B. Heath & B. Heath Daffodils for Amer. Gardens i. 19 If your midwest or southern relations mention their ‘buttercups’, they are usually referring to what's known as ‘daffy-down-dillies’.

2015 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 62 The white buttercup (Turnera subulata)..is widely distributed throughout the world, particularly in tropical areas.

3. Chiefly North American. More fully buttercup squash. A common variety of winter squash having a round, flattened shape, dark green skin, and yellow-orange flesh.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash

melon-pompion1577

simnel1640

squash1643

cushaw1698

simlin1775

squash-pumpkin1819

squash gourd1823

summer crookneck1832

melon pumpkin1840

bush gourd1842

crook-neck1844

Hubbard squash1868

mirliton1901

butternut pumpkin1916

buttercup1930

butternut1940

1930 Exper. Station Progress 1927–9 (N. Dakota Agric. Coll.) 81 The squash resulting from this system has been tentatively named Buttercup.

1980 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. c2/2 Choose firm buttercups about five inches long.

1993 Canad. Living Jan. 44/2 Both butternut and buttercup squash work well in this recipe.

2017 @PrairieRootsND 27 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) $.50 off per pound of local, organic buttercup squash, while supplies last!

B. adj.

Of the bright golden-yellow colour of a buttercup.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > bright yellow

sunnisha1413

sunnyc1500

canary1818

sunshine yellow1835

marigold1872

buttercup1879

nasturtium-yellow1892

sunglow1924

sun-yellow1924

1879 Times (Philadelphia) 15 June 5/5 Buttercup satin, cuirassed with black jet.

1883 Truth 31 May 760/2 Smartly dressed in a short buttercup satin skirt... The boots were of the buttercup shade of the satin skirt.

1917 Harper's Bazar Nov. 58/1 I stroked her buttercup hair; she really was a darling thing, all curves and cuddles.

1963 Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 17 Feb. e7 Buttercup walls and beige carpeting unite separate dining room with the living room.

2014 P. Gregory King's Curse 410 A bright buttercup shade that suits his mood.

Compounds

buttercup yellow n. and adj. (a) a bright golden-yellow colour resembling that of the buttercup (cf. A. 2); (b) of this colour.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > golden yellow

goldOE

gold colour1547

goldness1657

goldishness1671

aventurine1791

goldenness1829

gilding1851

orange-gold1859

buttercup yellow1863

old gold1871

red-gold1884

Tuscan1887

honey1981

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow

gildenOE

goldena1382

goldya1398

dory1398

goldc1400

goldisha1425

sunlyc1425

goldlya1450

aureatec1450

gildedc1450

giltenc1450

scorn-golda1586

Pactolian1586

aureal1587

gold colour1648

gold-coloured1674

spun gold1728

aurulent1731

aurelian1791

deaurated1818

Tuscan1830

corn-coloured1854

old gold1877

buttercup yellow1880

aureoline1881

sun gold1887

Tuscan-coloured1905

guinea-gold1938

spun-golden1978

1863 Floral World Oct. 223/2 The ground colour of the leaves then is a golden buttercup yellow, veined and marbled with light and dark green.

1880 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 30 Jan. 2/2 A toilette of damask..was draped..in front, and had a long train of buttercup yellow satin.

1910 Washington Post 10 July 9/5 Pale cheese and buttercup yellow butter are also in great demand because their color pleases the public.

1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 110 Two jacanas bathing, their underwings flashing buttercup yellow.

1990 J. Hodgins in L. Svendsen Words we call Home 164 Lived just down the road a ways from us in that little farm with the buttercup-yellow house.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Sept. 12 Pale pink, sky blue, mint green and buttercup yellow are the colours of the season.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	buttercup
释义	buttercupn.adj. Brit. /ˈbʌtəkʌp/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌkəp/ Forms: α. see butter n.¹ and cup n. β. 1600s–1700s buttercups (in sense A. 2a). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, cup n. Etymology: < butter n.¹ + cup n. In sense A. 2a so called on account of the colour and appearance of the flowers. Compare earlier butterflower n. and gold cup n. 1, kingcup n. as names of the same plants, and compare also cup n. 4.See note at butterflower n. on explanations that are sometimes found of the origin of both plant names on the basis of popular notions of the plants' connection with butter (as also for the notion that the name's origin is connected with the children's game described in quot. 1922 at sense A. 2a). A. n. †1. A cup for holding butter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > butter dish butter plate1490 buttercup1497 butter dish1559 butter boat1747 1497–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 100 Pro iiij^or lez buttercuppez, 4d. 1513 Will of Edward Grantham (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/17) f. 174^v My buttercuppis of silver. 1543 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 185 It. a butter cup, ij ladels, vj butter pottes. 2. a. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus (family Ranunculaceae), which typically bear bright yellow cup-shaped flowers; esp. meadow buttercup, R. acris, and bulbous buttercup, R. bulbosus; a flowering stem of such a plant. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. butterflower n. 1, ranunculus n.bulbous buttercup, meadow buttercup, Persian buttercup, water buttercup: see the first element. ΘΚΠ 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 > buttercup butterflower1527 kingcup1538 crow-flower1597 king-cob1597 gilt cup1610 pissabed1640 Goldilocks1650 craysec1652 buttercup1688 yellow cup1824 bulbous buttercup1844 goldballs1854 Meg-many-feet1878 clovewort1886 sitfast1901 1688 J. Ray Historia Plantarum II. Nomenclator Botanicus sig. d4 Crowfoot, or Butter-Cups. Ranunculus. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 292 [Ranunculus bulbosus] Bulbous Crowfoot, or Butter-cups. Anglis. 1784 W. Godwin Damon & Delia iii. 23 There was a bank embroidered with daisies and butter-cups. 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. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 25 Buttercups, that will be seen, Whether we will see or no. 1851 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 19 Sept. A fresh yellow buttercup meadow, dotted with cows and sheep. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. §2. 123 Thus, we refer all the species of Buttercup to the genus Ranunculus. 1922 W. Nutting Vermont Beautiful xxiii. 137 We were also told that if holding a buttercup under the chin produced a yellow reflection it was proof that one liked butter! 1978 National Geographic Jan. 120 (caption) A chicken-size weka—one of New Zealand's many flightless birds—strolls among mountain buttercups atop MacKinnon Pass. 1990 Amateur Gardening 3 Nov. 36/2 How do you suggest I get rid of creeping buttercup which is forming a dense carpet among my raspberry canes? 2014 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 26 Buttercups are opening and there will soon be fields of yellow everywhere. b. Usually with distinguishing word. Any of various unrelated plants bearing flowers resembling those of Ranunculus.Bermuda butter-cup, meadow buttercup, water buttercup: see the first element. ΚΠ 1839 G. Dennis Summer in Andalucia II. vii. 156 Here and there a few mosses, a wild violet, or white buttercup, nestling in the crevices of the rocks. 1887 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr. 560/2 We have the bull-buttercup (Caltha palustris), and the same flower is known in other counties as the horse-buttercup. 1910 Bull. Connecticut Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. No. 14. 234 Potentilla canadensis..Running Buttercup. Common. Dry, open places, especially on hillsides. 1995 B. Heath & B. Heath Daffodils for Amer. Gardens i. 19 If your midwest or southern relations mention their ‘buttercups’, they are usually referring to what's known as ‘daffy-down-dillies’. 2015 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 62 The white buttercup (Turnera subulata)..is widely distributed throughout the world, particularly in tropical areas. 3. Chiefly North American. More fully buttercup squash. A common variety of winter squash having a round, flattened shape, dark green skin, and yellow-orange flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash melon-pompion1577 simnel1640 squash1643 cushaw1698 simlin1775 squash-pumpkin1819 squash gourd1823 summer crookneck1832 melon pumpkin1840 bush gourd1842 crook-neck1844 Hubbard squash1868 mirliton1901 butternut pumpkin1916 buttercup1930 butternut1940 1930 Exper. Station Progress 1927–9 (N. Dakota Agric. Coll.) 81 The squash resulting from this system has been tentatively named Buttercup. 1980 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. c2/2 Choose firm buttercups about five inches long. 1993 Canad. Living Jan. 44/2 Both butternut and buttercup squash work well in this recipe. 2017 @PrairieRootsND 27 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) $.50 off per pound of local, organic buttercup squash, while supplies last! B. adj. Of the bright golden-yellow colour of a buttercup. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > bright yellow sunnisha1413 sunnyc1500 canary1818 sunshine yellow1835 marigold1872 buttercup1879 nasturtium-yellow1892 sunglow1924 sun-yellow1924 1879 Times (Philadelphia) 15 June 5/5 Buttercup satin, cuirassed with black jet. 1883 Truth 31 May 760/2 Smartly dressed in a short buttercup satin skirt... The boots were of the buttercup shade of the satin skirt. 1917 Harper's Bazar Nov. 58/1 I stroked her buttercup hair; she really was a darling thing, all curves and cuddles. 1963 Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 17 Feb. e7 Buttercup walls and beige carpeting unite separate dining room with the living room. 2014 P. Gregory King's Curse 410 A bright buttercup shade that suits his mood. Compounds buttercup yellow n. and adj. (a) a bright golden-yellow colour resembling that of the buttercup (cf. A. 2); (b) of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > golden yellow goldOE gold colour1547 goldness1657 goldishness1671 aventurine1791 goldenness1829 gilding1851 orange-gold1859 buttercup yellow1863 old gold1871 red-gold1884 Tuscan1887 honey1981 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 1863 Floral World Oct. 223/2 The ground colour of the leaves then is a golden buttercup yellow, veined and marbled with light and dark green. 1880 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 30 Jan. 2/2 A toilette of damask..was draped..in front, and had a long train of buttercup yellow satin. 1910 Washington Post 10 July 9/5 Pale cheese and buttercup yellow butter are also in great demand because their color pleases the public. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 110 Two jacanas bathing, their underwings flashing buttercup yellow. 1990 J. Hodgins in L. Svendsen Words we call Home 164 Lived just down the road a ways from us in that little farm with the buttercup-yellow house. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Sept. 12 Pale pink, sky blue, mint green and buttercup yellow are the colours of the season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1497
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