(n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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