How many syllables in buttercup?

There are 3 syllables in the word buttercup.

Divide buttercup into syllables:

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

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