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- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (
Ranunculaceæ ), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.
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- adjective botany Of or pertaining to
buttercups
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avivamagnolia commented on the word ranunculaceous
~pertaining to, or similar to, buttercups; belonging to buttercup family of plants. ranunculus, n. (pl. - li ) buttercup, especially cultivated.
January 18, 2009