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Definition of Butterflower
1. 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
Literary usage of Butterflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Yks. butterflower. An equivalent of Buttercup (1).—Ger., &c. ... butterflower,
Great . Caltha palustris, L.—Lyte's MS. Butterfly Orchis. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Yks. butterflower. An equivalent of Buttercup (1).—Ger., &c. ... butterflower,
Great. Caltha palustris, L.—Lyte's MS. Butterfly Orchis. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"421), Goldcup or Gold knoppe, and described as a double variety of the flower
now known so well as the butterflower, or Buttercup, the Fr. bouton d'or. 43. ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"butterflower, but'-tur-fiow- ur. f. A yellow flower of May. BUTTERFLY, but'-tur-fly.
f. A beautiful in feit. ..."
5. Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by Thomas Tusser (1878)
"421), Goldcup or Gold knoppe, and described as a double variety of the flower
now known so well as the butterflower, or Buttercup, the Fr. bouton d'or. 43. ..."
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