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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Ranunculus}, or crowfoot, particularly
{R. bulbosus}, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also
{butterflower}, {golden cup}, and {kingcup}. It is the
{cuckoobud} of Shakespeare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.)
A species of {Ranunculus} ({R. bulbosus}); -- called also
{butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
buttercup
n : any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {butterflower},
{crowfoot}, {goldcup}, {kingcup}]
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