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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spearwort  \Spear"wort`\,  n.  [AS.  sperewyrt.]  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  species  of  crowfoot  ({Ranunculus}) 
  which  have  spear-shaped  leaves. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ranunculus  \Ra*nun`cu*lus\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Ranunculuses},  L. 
  {Ranunculi}.  [L.,  a  little  frog,  a  medicinal  plant,  perhaps 
  crowfoot,  dim.  of  rana  a  frog;  cf  raccare  to  roar.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  herbs,  mostly  with  yellow  flowers,  including 
  crowfoot,  buttercups,  and  the  cultivated  ranunculi  ({R. 
  Asiaticus},  {R.  aconitifolius},  etc.)  in  which  the  flowers 
  are  double  and  of  various  colors. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ranunculus 
  n  :  annual,  biennial  or  perennial  herbs:  buttercup;  crowfoot 
  [syn:  {Ranunculus},  {genus  Ranunculus}] 




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