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

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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