buttercup
nounHow many syllables in buttercup?
There are 3 syllables in the word buttercup.How to pronounce buttercup:
Definition of buttercup:
- buttercup (noun):
- compare crowfoot, spearwort
- any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
- a plant (such as r. acris and r. repens) with usually bright yellow, five-petaled flowers
- any of a large genus (ranunculus of the family ranunculaceae, the buttercup family) of chiefly perennial herbaceous plants having colorful cup-shaped flowers with 5 or sometimes many petals ranunculus
Synonyms for buttercup:
butter-flower
butterflower
celery-leaved buttercup
common buttercup
creeping buttercup
creeping crowfoot
crowfoot
cursed crowfoot
genus ranunculus
goldcup
herb
herbaceous plant
kingcup
meadow buttercup
mount cook lily
mountain lily
ranunculus
ranunculus acris
ranunculus bulbosus
ranunculus lyalii
ranunculus occidentalis
ranunculus repens
tall buttercup
tall crowfoot
tall field buttercup
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