n. A local name for various species of buttercup, or for the marsh marigold.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The common buttercup.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A plant: same as goldcup.
n. The marsh-marigold, Cultha palustris.
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n. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
n. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
Word Usage
""May flowers" were put at the doors of houses and cattle-sheds, and these were not hawthorn blossoms, but the flowers of the kingcup, or marsh marigold."