Definition of Ranunculus acris

1. Noun. Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranunculus Acris

Ranikhet disease
Ranke's angle
Ranke's formula
Rankin
Rankin's clamp
Rankine
Rankine cycle
Rankine scale
Ransohoff's sign
Ranter
Ranterism
Ranters
Rantism
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculales
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus aquatilis
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus ficaria
Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus glaberrimus
Ranunculus lingua
Ranunculus lyalii
Ranunculus occidentalis
Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranvier's crosses
Ranvier's disks
Ranvier's node
Ranvier's plexus

Literary usage of Ranunculus acris

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

1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1899)
"... differing from true ranunculus acris in having very broad leaf segments instead of many linear segments; was collected at Franklin Park, Massachusetts, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"ranunculus acris. ranunculus acris. Buttercup. Goldcup. Crowfoot. N. 0. ... ranunculus acris is distinguished from R. bul- ..."

3. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"For medical use the flowers were directed to be freed from their calyces, dried quickly, and preserved in a dry place. LVI. ranunculus acris, L. MEADOW ..."

4. The Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Yorkshire Naturalists'Union (1865)
"Ranunculus repens and ranunculus acris. R. repens with one flower open containing six stamens ; the others converted into ovate and lanceolate petals. ..."

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