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Webster 1913 Edition

Buttercup

But′ter-cupˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

A plant of the genus

Ranunculus

, or crowfoot, particularly

Ranunculus bulbosus

, with bright yellow flowers; – called also

butterflower

,

golden cup

, and

kingcup

. It is the

cuckoobud

of Shakespeare.