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Buttercup
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Buttercup'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/buttercup.html. 1828.