bulbous buttercup
noun
A buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, native to western Europe, which has a distinctive bulb-shaped root structure and yellow flowers, and occurs as a perennial weed of grassland.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Stephens (1795–1874), writer on agriculture.
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