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Definition of Celery-leaved buttercup
1. Noun. Annual herb growing in marshy places.
Generic synonyms: Butter-flower, Buttercup, Butterflower, Crowfoot, Goldcup, Kingcup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celery-leaved Buttercup
Literary usage of Celery-leaved buttercup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"The celery-leaved buttercup is a water-side form, quite destitute of hairs, as
often happens under such circumstances; for as the stems grow out of water, ..."
2. Index to Homœopathic Provings by Thomas Lindsley Bradford (1901)
"celery-leaved buttercup. Celery-leaved crowfoot. Tiact. of plant. Allen: Cyclopaedia,
V. 8. Cyclop. Drug Path., V. 3, and 4 appendix. Hering: Guid. ..."
3. The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the by John Ellor Taylor (1884)
"One British species, the celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus), is so
intensely acrid that half an ounce of its juice will kill a dog ..."
4. List of Medicines Mentioned in Homœopathic Literature by Henry M. Smith (1879)
"Vulg., Celery leaved buttercup, Celery leaved crowfoot, Marsh crowfoot. Tinct.
of the whole plant. Ranunculus tomentosus. See R. repens. ..."
5. Essentials of Homoeopathic Materia Medica and Homoeopathic Pharmacy: Being a by Willis Alonzo Dewey (1908)
"It is the celery-leaved buttercup. The fresh herb is used and should be gathered
when in fruit, but still green and untouched by frost. ..."
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