From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kingcup \King"cup`\, n. (Bot.)
The common buttercup.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.)
A species of {Ranunculus} ({Ranunculus bulbosus}); -- called
also {butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Ranunculus}, or crowfoot, particularly
{Ranunculus bulbosus}, with bright yellow flowers; -- called
also {butterflower}, {golden cup}, and {kingcup}. It is the
{cuckoobud} of Shakespeare.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kingcup
n 1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright
yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: {marsh
marigold}, {kingcup}, {meadow bright}, {May blob},
{cowslip}, {water dragon}, {Caltha palustris}]
2: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn:
{buttercup}, {butterflower}, {butter-flower}, {crowfoot},
{goldcup}, {kingcup}]
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