Noun: common buttercup
- Perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America
"Children held common buttercups under their chins";
- Ranunculus bulbosus
Derived forms: common buttercups
Type of: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Common buttercup