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Noun: water buttercup
  1. Plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America
    - water crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis

Derived forms: water buttercups

Type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

Part of: genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus

Encyclopedia: Water buttercup