Noun: tall buttercup
- Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
"tall buttercups covered the pasture";
- meadow buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, Ranunculus acris
Derived forms: tall buttercups
Type of: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Tall buttercup