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Meaning of 'buttercup' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Buttercup [ n.]
- 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.

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