Definition of Common buttercup

1. Noun. Perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America.


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Literary usage of Common buttercup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE common buttercup Teacher's Story "The buttercups, bright-eyed and bold, Held up their chalices of gold To catch the sunshine and the dew. ..."

2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"For some years back I have had a violent fancy for the common buttercup, ... The following experiment with a wilted sprig of the common buttercup, ..."

3. Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists'Union (1865)
"We will suppose it to be spring time, and that we have found the common " Buttercup," (of the Ranunculus family), in a ramble through one of the fields. ..."

4. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"^Ranunculus acris, the common Buttercup : flower, 187. Ranunculus, sp. : stem, 79. Raphanus sativus, the garden Radish : root, 153. ..."

5. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The common Buttercup of neglected fields and roadsides came to us from England. The plant is a weed, pure and simple, taking the food and the moisture of ..."

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