butter-flower

Thân thiện

A child picks a yellow butter-flower in a sunny meadow.

Definition

Noun 1. A flowering plant of the genus Ranunculus: "butter-flower" is a common name for various (often yellow-flowered) herbaceous plants belonging to the large genus Ranunculus.

Usage Notes

• "Butter-flower" is a dated or dialectal common name. The standard modern common name for these plants is buttercup.
• It specifically refers to plants in the genus , which are characterized by often glossy, yellow flowers and lobed or divided leaves.
• The term is typically used in a botanical or informal descriptive context.

Examples

Variants and Related Words

• Buttercup (n): The standard modern term for the same plants. (e.g., )
• Crowfoot (n): Another common name for some species within the genus, referring to the shape of the leaves.
• Ranunculus (n): The formal botanical genus name.

Synonyms

• Buttercup
• Crowfoot (for some species)

Advanced Usage

• The name "butter-flower" or "buttercup" is often thought to originate from the flower's yellow, buttery color or from an old belief that the plants gave butter its yellow tint when cows ate them.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

Từ đồng nghĩa

• buttercup
• butterflower
• crowfoot
• goldcup
• kingcup