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Definition of Common buttercup
1. Noun. Perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America.
Generic synonyms: Butter-flower, Buttercup, Butterflower, Crowfoot, Goldcup, Kingcup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Buttercup
Literary usage of Common buttercup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, Held
up their chalices of gold To catch the sunshine and the dew. ..."
2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"For some years back I have had a violent fancy for the common buttercup, ...
The following experiment with a wilted sprig of the common buttercup, ..."
3. Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists'Union (1865)
"We will suppose it to be spring time, and that we have found the common "
Buttercup," (of the Ranunculus family), in a ramble through one of the fields. ..."
4. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"^Ranunculus acris, the common Buttercup : flower, 187. Ranunculus, sp. : stem, 79.
Raphanus sativus, the garden Radish : root, 153. ..."
5. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The common Buttercup of neglected fields and roadsides came to us from England.
The plant is a weed, pure and simple, taking the food and the moisture of ..."
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