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Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
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Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
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Affectionate or ironic term of address.
Examples of buttercup in a Sentence
The floral arrangement thus recalls that of a buttercup, a resemblance which extends to the fruit, which is a head of achenes or follicles.
In pasture, cutting will prevent meadow buttercup seeding.
Deep plowing may kill plants buried below 15 cm but creeping buttercup can survive shallow burial.
Most famous of these is Ranunculus lyallii, the largest buttercup in the world.
Pilewort (Ficaria) - Plants of the Crowfoot family, much resembling some kinds of Buttercup.
The vivid blue, cherry red and brilliant buttercup all make a sassy statement.
Although grounded in modern reality, most of this movie takes place in the imagined fantasy world of Buttercup and Wesley.
The herbs include pignut, adder's-tongue, ribwort plantain, and red clover with yellow rattle, bulbous buttercup and orchids.
There is usually considerable persistence of creeping buttercup seed in soil under grassland.
The company's color palette ranges from candy pinks, buttercup yellows and girlish greens to daring shades of purple, midnight black and electric blue.
Vigorous perennials of the Buttercup order, 3 feet to 6 feet high, thriving in free soil; flower spikes, white and long, with showy berries.
Pheasants Eye (Adonis) - Beautiful perennial or biennial plants, belonging to the Buttercup order, chiefly natives of cornfields in Europe and Western Asia, dwarf, with finely-divided leaves, and red or yellow flowers.
Turban Buttercup (Ranunculus Asiaticus) - An old garden plant, with double flowers of many colors, divided into various sections, such as the Dutch, Scotch, Persian and Turkish, each representing a distinct race.
You can make this adorable Buttercup Bag from Made by Rae, even if you have very little experience with your sewing machine.
Young lovers, Buttercup, a simple peasant girl and Wesley, a poor farm hand, separate so that Wesley may earn his fortune then return to marry his true love.
Disaster strikes; however, when Buttercup receives word that her beloved Wesley has met his demise by the hand of the Dread Pirate Roberts.
In some orders the parts are numerous, chiefly in the case of the stamens and the carpels, as in the buttercup and other members of the order Ranunculaceae.
Cattle avoid eating the buttercup, which then takes advantage of the cropped ground around it to spread.
Cedric Gillings exhibited examples of the bulbous buttercup and for comparison, the much rarer hairy buttercup.
Winter, J.B. (1976) Severe urticarial reaction in a dog following ingestion of tall field buttercup.
Although it is usually avoided by stock creeping buttercup is more palatable than the other buttercups and may be grazed.
She notes " My parent's farm was one of the last sites in Lincolnshire for corn buttercup.
The wildflowers might include ox-eye daisy, buttercup, yellow rattle, meadow sweet and cow slips.
Surprisingly we did find marsh marigold and bulbous buttercup in bloom.
There was also a larger version of the buttercup called marsh marigold.
It is part of the buttercup family, and the flowers slightly resemble the perennial buttercup growing in many people's gardens.
Black cohosh is a perennial plant that comes from the same family as the buttercup.
You can buy models in this series in onyx black, white, gloss cinnamon, blue willow, buttercup or empire red to coordinate with your kitchen décor.