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Definition of Tall buttercup
1. Noun. Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Butter-flower, Buttercup, Butterflower, Crowfoot, Goldcup, Kingcup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tall Buttercup
Literary usage of Tall buttercup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American homoeopathic pharmacœia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"The tall buttercup is found as a common plant in fields in New England and Canada.
... tall buttercup. Preparation.—The fresh herb, gathered in October, ..."
2. The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States by American Institute of Homeopathy Committee on Pharmacopeia (1897)
"tall buttercup. Natural Order— Ranunculaceae. Synonyms. ... Meadow crowfoot, Tall
buttercup, Tall crowfoot, Upright buttercup, Upright crowfoot, ..."
3. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (1904)
"The tall buttercup is found as a common plant in fields in New England and Canada.
... tall buttercup. Preparation.—The fresh herb, gathered in October, ..."
4. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia by Joseph T. O'Connor, Boericke & Tafel (1883)
"The tall buttercup is found as a common plant in fields in New England and Canada.
... tall buttercup. Preparation.—The fresh herb, gathered in October, ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"tall buttercup (R. acris) is more widely distributed and grows twice as high as
the preceding, in rich soil being 3 ft. or more tall; its stem is not ..."
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