kingcup

[ king-kuhp ]

noun

1. any of various common buttercups, as Ranunculus bulbosus, having bright-yellow flowers.
2. Chiefly British. the marsh marigold.

kingcup

/ ˈkɪŋˌkʌp /

noun

1. any of several yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plants, esp the marsh marigold

Word History and Origins

Origin of kingcup¹

First recorded in 1530–40; king + cup

Example Sentences

A hundred yards away, at the bottom of the slope, ran the brook, no more than three feet wide, half choked with kingcups, watercress and blue brooklime.

From Literature

In the deep sheltered green lane early violets were blooming, and presently, on the banks of a little pond, they spied the first kingcups of the year.

From Project Gutenberg

"Far and far away," said the dainty little maiden, "All among the meadows, the clover and the clematis, Daisies and kingcups, and honeysuckle-flowers."

From Project Gutenberg

And the children might be bold to pluck the kingcups from your mould Ere a month had let them grow.

From Project Gutenberg

When crumpled poppies strew the halls Of all the East, where mounts the Dawn, And in the eve the skyey lawn Gold kingcups heap 'neath Night's gray walls.

From Project Gutenberg