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Webster 1913 Edition

Buttercup

But′ter-cupˊ

,

Noun.

(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.

Definition 2025

buttercup

buttercup

English

a buttercup, Ranunculus repens

Noun

buttercup ‎(plural buttercups)

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil
Affectionate or ironic term of address.
- 1987, Joyce Brandon, Lady and the Lawman (page 346)
  Listen, buttercup, you're damned good in bed. They don't come any better, but I'm really not interested in playing second fiddle to your camera or your young lovers.

Synonyms

ranunculus, crowfoot

Translations

herb of the genus Ranunculus

Bulgarian: лютиче n ‎(ljutiče)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛茛 (zh) ‎(máogèn), 金鳳花, 金凤花 ‎(jīnfènghuā)
Czech: pryskyřník m
Dutch: boterbloem (nl) f
Esperanto: ranunkolo
Faroese: sólja f
Finnish: leinikki (fi)
French: bouton-d'or (fr) m, renoncule (fr), grenouillette (fr), fleur de l'impatience, gobet du diable
Georgian: ბაია ‎(baia)
German: Hahnenfuß (de) m, Butterblume (de)
Greek: νεραγκούλα (el) f ‎(nerankoúla), ρεναγκούλα (el) f ‎(renankoúla)
Hungarian: boglárka (hu)
Icelandic: sóley (is)

Italian: ranuncolo (it) m
Japanese: キンポウゲ ‎(kinpōge), 金鳳花 ‎(きんぽうげ, kinpōge)
Latin: rānunculus m
Lithuanian: vėdrynas
Luxembourgish: Botterblumm (lb) f
Manx: cass feeagh
Navajo: łéʼétsoh yiljaaʼí
Polish: jaskier (pl)
Portuguese: ranúnculo m
Romanian: piciorul-cocoșului (ro) n, gălbenea (ro) f
Russian: лю́тик (ru) m ‎(ljútik)
Scottish Gaelic: cearban m, buidheag-an-t-samhraidh f
Slovak: iskerník m
Spanish: ranúnculo (es) m
Swedish: smörblomma (sv) c

flower of the genus Narcissus — see daffodil