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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups;
[syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris]

2. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus;
[syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kingcup \King"cup`\, n. (Bot.) The common buttercup. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of Ranunculus (Ranunculus bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly Ranunculus bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kingcup n 1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris] 2: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]