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ranunculus

/ rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs /

noun

  1. any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus , having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ranunculus1

C16: from Latin: tadpole, from rāna a frog
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Example Sentences

Quantities of this ranunculus come floating down the Hogsmill brook, at times catching against the bridge.

Captain Sabine fell in with a ranunculus in full flower on the western side of the island, evidently the most genial.

Every yellow ranunculus is called a "butter-cup," every large white umbellifer a "hemlock."

Among early summer flowers in open borders few are prettier than the double-flowered kinds of ranunculus of the herbaceous type.

Monkshood grew there, also black and yellow clematis, rhubarb, ranunculus and primulas of different kinds.

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