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buttercup

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. buttercup (noun)
  2. bristly crowfoot (noun)
  3. bulbous buttercup (noun)
  4. celery-leaved buttercup (noun)
  5. corn buttercup (noun)
  6. creeping buttercup (noun)
  7. dwarf buttercup (noun)
  8. garden buttercup (noun)
  9. grassland buttercup (noun)
  10. meadow buttercup (noun)
  11. swamp buttercup (noun)
  12. tall buttercup (noun)
  13. turban buttercup (noun)
  14. water buttercup (noun)
  15. white buttercup (noun)

but·ter·cup

noun \-ˌkəp\

Definition of BUTTERCUP

: any of a genus (Ranunculus of the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family) of herbs with yellow or white flowers and alternate leaves
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First Known Use of BUTTERCUP

1777

Rhymes with BUTTERCUP

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