Definition of Buttercup

1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.


Definition of Buttercup

1. n. A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Definition of Buttercup

1. Noun. Any of many herbs, of the genus ''Ranunculus'', having yellow flowers; the crowfoot. ¹

2. Noun. Any flower of the genus ''Narcissus''; a daffodil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buttercup

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Medical Definition of Buttercup

1. A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. Bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Buttercup

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

1. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"ARIA For I'm called Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup, ... Then buy of your Buttercup — dear Little Buttercup, Sailors should never bo shy ; So buy of ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"(4) Little Buttercup is the bum boat woman in* HMs Pinafore' (}.r. ... Buttercup and Daisy. A musical comedy in three acts, written by GEORGE DANCE, ..."

3. The Canada Law Journal by William S. Hein & Company (1917)
"Buttercup Margarine Co. (1917) 2 Ch. 1. The plaintiff carried on a large provision business, and had 150 shops where he sold butter, margarine, eggs, tea, ..."

4. The Eugene Field Book: Verses, Stories, and Letters for School Reading by Eugene Field, Mary Elizabeth Burt (1900)
"Buttercup, POPPY, FORGET-ME-NOT Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not— These three ... Buttercup gambolled all day long, Sharing the little one's mirth and song; ..."

5. Popular tales from the Norse by Peter C Asbjornsen (1859)
"Buttercup. /"\NCE on a time there was an old wife who sat and baked. Now, you must know that this old wife had a little son, who was so plump and fat, ..."

6. 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, ... The buttercup sepals arc five elongated cups, about one-half as long as the ..."

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