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buttercup family — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑crowfoot family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
buttercup — [but′ərkup΄] adj. designating a large, widespread family (Ranunculaceae, order Ranunculales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants, including peonies, aconites, and anemones n. any of a genus (Ranunculus) of normally yellow flowered plants of the… … English World dictionary
buttercup — noun Date: 1777 any of a genus (Ranunculus of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family) of herbs with yellow or white flowers and alternate leaves … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Ranunculaceae — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family, ↑crowfoot family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order R … Useful english dictionary
buttercup — /but euhr kup /, n. any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves. [1505 15; BUTTER + CUP, from color and shape of flower] * * * Any of about 250 species of herbaceous flowering plants… … Universalium
crowfoot family — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
California buttercup — Taxobox name = California buttercup image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ranunculales familia = Ranunculaceae genus = Ranunculus species = R. californicus binomial = Ranunculus californicus… … Wikipedia
magnoliid dicot family — noun family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard apple family, ↑Berberidace … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family R — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Radulaceae * Radula auriculata * Radula complanata * Radula obconica * Radula obtusiloba * Radula… … Wikipedia
List of Canadian plants by family S — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Salicaceae * Populus angustifolia narrowleaf cottonwood * Populus balsamifera balsam poplar * Populus… … Wikipedia
