English > genus Ranunculus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot. |
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| Synonym | Ranunculus |
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| Member of | Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family | A family of Ranunculaceae |
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| Members | buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup | Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus |
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| greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua | semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears |
| lesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups |
| lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula | semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears |
| sagebrush buttercup, Ranunculus glaberrimus | small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America |
| water crowfoot, water buttercup, Ranunculus aquatilis | plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers |
| Broader | magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
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| Spanish | genus ranunculus, ranúnculo, ranunculus |
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| Catalan | genus ranunculus, ranunculus |
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