"Ranunculi" is a word in ENGLISH
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Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
Read the complete definitionA genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
Read the complete definitionA plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth …
Read the complete definitionA plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden …
Read the complete definitionThe genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
Read the complete definitionA species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.
Read the complete definitionA plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate …
Read the complete definitionA plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.
Read the complete definitionA genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) …
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Read the complete definitionA name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
Read the complete definitionA very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.
Read the complete definitionAn aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.
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