Definition of Creeping buttercup

1. Noun. Perennial European herb with long creeping stolons.


Definition of Creeping buttercup

1. Noun. A perennial flowering plant, ''Ranunculus repens''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creeping Buttercup

creepified
creepifies
creepify
creepifying
creepily
creepiness
creepinesses
creeping
creeping Charlie
creeping Jenny
creeping St John's wort
creeping bellflower
creeping bent
creeping bugle
creeping crowfoot
creeping elegance
creeping eruption
creeping fern
creeping juniper
creeping lily
creeping myiasis
creeping oxalis
creeping palsy
creeping snowberry
creeping spike rush
creeping thistle

Literary usage of Creeping buttercup

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

1. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"Banners of the creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens). Fresh, or in alcohol. Stems of the Celandine (Chelidonium majus). In alcohol. ..."

2. The Nature Book; a Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and (1908)
"The creeping buttercup ( Ra ... The Common Buttercup is generally one of the tallest of the race, sometimes THE creeping buttercup. ..."

3. Lessons in Elementary Botany for Secondary Schools by Thomas Huston Macbride (1896)
"A. THE creeping buttercup. Study the creeping buttercup. Notice : — I. THE PLANT. What can you say of its general appearance, habit of growth, and duration ..."

4. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"R. repens L. creeping buttercup. Port Huron, CK Dodge; Rochester, WA Brotherton and OA Farwell; Montreal River, Keweenaw Co., OA Farwell; ..."

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