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Ranunculaceous
Ra-nunˊcu-la′ceous
(rȧ-nŭṉˊkū̍-lā′shŭs)
, Adj.
[See
Ranunculus
.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (
Ranunculaceae
), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin’s bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.