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Noun: common buttercup
  1. Perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America
    - Ranunculus bulbosus

Derived forms: common buttercups

Type of: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Common buttercup