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buttercup
(bʌtəʳkʌp)
Word forms: plural buttercups
countable noun
A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
buttercup in British English
(ˈbʌtəˌkʌp)
noun
any of various yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. acris (meadow buttercup), which is native to Europe but common throughout North America
See also crowfoot, goldilocks (sense 2), spearwort, lesser celandinebuttercup in American English
(ˈbʌtərˌkʌp)
adjective
1.
designating a large, widespread family (Ranunculaceae, order Ranunculales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants, includingpeonies, aconites, and anemones
noun
2.
any of a genus (Ranunculus) of normally yellow-flowered plants of the buttercup family, common in meadows and wet places
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British English: buttercup /ˈbʌtəˌkʌp/ NOUN
A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
- American English: buttercup
- Arabic: حَوْذان
- Brazilian Portuguese: ranúnculo
- Chinese: 毛莨
- Croatian: zlatica
- Czech: pryskyřník
- Danish: smørblomst
- Dutch: boterbloem
- European Spanish: ranúnculo
- Finnish: leinikki
- French: bouton-d’or
- German: Butterblume
- Greek: νεραγκούλα
- Italian: ranuncolo
- Japanese: キンポウゲ
- Korean: 미나리아재비
- Norwegian: soleie
- Polish: jaskier
- European Portuguese: ranúnculo
- Romanian: piciorul cocoșului
- Russian: лютик
- Latin American Spanish: ranúnculo
- Swedish: smörblomma
- Thai: ดอกไม้ป่าดอกเล็กสีเหลือง
- Turkish: düğün çiçeği
- Ukrainian: жовтець
- Vietnamese: cây mao lương hoa vàng
Chinese translation of 'buttercup'
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