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KINGCUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
Synonyms:
butter-flower; buttercup; butterflower; crowfoot; goldcup; kingcup
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kingcup" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingcup"):
meadow buttercup; Ranunculus acris; tall buttercup; tall crowfoot; tall field buttercup (perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America)
common buttercup; Ranunculus bulbosus (perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America)
Mount Cook lily; mountain lily; Ranunculus lyalii (showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand)
Ranunculus occidentalis; western buttercup (perennial of western North America)
creeping buttercup; creeping crowfoot; Ranunculus repens (perennial European herb with long creeping stolons)
celery-leaved buttercup; cursed crowfoot; Ranunculus sceleratus (annual herb growing in marshy places)
Holonyms ("kingcup" is a member of...):
genus Ranunculus; Ranunculus (annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
Synonyms:
Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("kingcup" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("kingcup" is a member of...):
Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)
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