buttercup

Noun

Meaning

A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crowfoot ranunculus kingcup goldcup butter-flower butterflower virgin narcissus lily lotus mayflower hawthorn jasmine babe columbine
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Antonyms

princess man dog enemy hate foul
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Hypernyms

herb herbaceous plant

Hyponyms

creeping buttercup meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris mountain lily creeping crowfoot Mount Cook lily

Phrases with the word

California buttercup Greenland buttercup tall buttercup western buttercup bog buttercup giant water buttercup

Examples

Another was "'allo, cheeky face!", shouted into the microphone in the less-than-couth London tones of Buttercup Gruntfuttock. Source: Internet

Buttercup, 'cause she's the toughest fighter. Source: Internet

"But tell me who's the youth" (Buttercup and Boatswain) * 3. "The nightingale" (Ralph and Chorus of Sailors) * 3a. Source: Internet

Buttercup made her entrance to the three-masted Pinafore rowing into sight, and Dick Deadeye was later thrown overboard with a real splash. Source: Internet

Buttercup makes a last despairing attempt to make herself heard in D flat minor, but the others have never known that such an outlandish key existed. Source: Internet

Buttercup ( Robin Wright ) has grown up on a farm in the Renaissance Era, in the (fictional) country of Florin. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

buttercream buttercross buttercrunch buttercup anemone buttercup doubletail buttercup egg