butter-flower

Thesaurus

Noun

1.butter-flower - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculusbuttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcupgenus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfootmeadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup - perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North Americacommon buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus - perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North AmericaMount Cook lily, Ranunculus lyalii, mountain lily - showy white-flowered perennial of New ZealandRanunculus occidentalis, western buttercup - perennial of western North Americacreeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, Ranunculus repens - perennial European herb with long creeping stolonscelery-leaved buttercup, cursed crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus - annual herb growing in marshy placesherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests