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Definition of Kingcup
1. Noun. Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups.
Group relationships: Caltha, Genus Caltha
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
2. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
Group relationships: Genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus
Specialized synonyms: Meadow Buttercup, Ranunculus Acris, Tall Buttercup, Tall Crowfoot, Tall Field Buttercup, Common Buttercup, Ranunculus Bulbosus, Mount Cook Lily, Mountain Lily, Ranunculus Lyalii, Ranunculus Occidentalis, Western Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Crowfoot, Ranunculus Repens, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Cursed Crowfoot, Ranunculus Sceleratus
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Kingcup
1. n. The common buttercup.
Definition of Kingcup
1. Noun. (British) A local name for various species of buttercup, or for the marsh marigold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kingcup
1. a marsh plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Kingcup
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingcup
Literary usage of Kingcup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rural Wreath: Or, Life Among the Flowers by Laura Greenwood (1855)
"Bugloss; Falsehood. Burdo".k; Importunity. Bundle of Reeds with their Panicles ;
Music. Buttercup kingcup; Riches. Butterfly Wceu; Let me go. ..."
2. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold (1851)
"At this moment, an old acquaintance of the reader's, kingcup, schoolmaster, entered.
... kingcup, one of the unrewarded heroes of the world— a conscientious ..."
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