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Definition of Ranunculus
1. Noun. Annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Butter-flower, Buttercup, Butterflower, Crowfoot, Goldcup, Kingcup, Ranunculus Aquatilis, Water Buttercup, Water Crowfoot, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort, Ranunculus Ficaria, Lesser Spearwort, Ranunculus Flammula, Ranunculus Glaberrimus, Sagebrush Buttercup, Greater Spearwort, Ranunculus Lingua
Definition of Ranunculus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Ranunculus
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Ranunculus''; the buttercup or crowfoot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ranunculus
1. [n -LI or -LUSES]
Medical Definition of Ranunculus
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Origin: L, a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. Of rana a frog; cf. Raccare to roar.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranunculus
Literary usage of Ranunculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"JB Common ranunculus, with a double bloody Flower. 7. ranunculus ... ranunculus,
with a very large red Flower j commonly called the ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"ranunculus parvulus L. Mant. i: 79 (1767). ranunculus Philonotis Retz. ...
ranunculus affinis R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. 265 (1823). 1782. ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"ranunculus SCELERATUS L. Cursed Crowfoot. Celery-leaved Crowfoot. Ditch Crowfoot.
Pond margins and along ditches. Juice very acid, said to be poisonous. ..."
4. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"ranunculus parvulus L. Mant. 1 : 79 (1767). ranunculus Philonotis Retz. ...
ranunculus affinis R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. 265 (1823). 1782. ..."
5. Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Martyn (1787)
"The rival genus of the Anemone is the ranunculus, which differs from it in having
a calyx of five ... ranunculus repens Lin. Curtis, Lond. IV. 38, Ger. 951. ..."
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