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Webster 1913 Edition
Ranunculus
Ra-nun′cu-lus
(rȧ-nŭṉ′kū̍-lŭs)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Ranunculuses
(rȧ-nŭṉ′kū̍-lŭs-ĕz)
, L. Ranunculi
(-lī)
. [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of
rana
a frog; cf. raccare
to roar.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (
Ranunculus Asiaticus
, Ranunculus aconitifolius
, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors. Webster 1828 Edition
Ranunculus
RANUN'CULUS
,Noun.
In botany, crowfoot, a genus of plants of many species, some of them beautiful flowering plants, particularly the Asiatic, or Turkey and Persian ranunculus, which is diversified with many rich colors.
Definition 2024
Ranunculus
Ranunculus
See also: ranunculus
Translingual
Ranunculus repens
Proper noun
Ranunculus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the ranunculuses, including the buttercup etc.
Usage notes
- The genus is apparently not monophyletic, so some of the more than 350 species are likely to be assigned to newly created genera or to other existing genera.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Ranunculeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ranunculus subg. Batrachium, Ranunculus subg. Crymodes, Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus - subgenera
- For species see
List of Ranunculus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (with some additional information) or 
Ranunculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
- For species see
ranunculus
ranunculus
See also: Ranunculus
English
Ranunculus repens
Noun
ranunculus (plural ranunculuses or ranunculi)
- Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
buttercup — see buttercup
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Noun
ranunculus
- (rare, botany) ranunculus (plant of the genus Ranunculus)
Declension
| Inflection of ranunculus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ranunculus | ranunculukset | |
| genitive | ranunculuksen | ranunculusten ranunculuksien |
|
| partitive | ranunculusta | ranunculuksia | |
| illative | ranunculukseen | ranunculuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ranunculus | ranunculukset | |
| accusative | nom. | ranunculus | ranunculukset |
| gen. | ranunculuksen | ||
| genitive | ranunculuksen | ranunculusten ranunculuksien |
|
| partitive | ranunculusta | ranunculuksia | |
| inessive | ranunculuksessa | ranunculuksissa | |
| elative | ranunculuksesta | ranunculuksista | |
| illative | ranunculukseen | ranunculuksiin | |
| adessive | ranunculuksella | ranunculuksilla | |
| ablative | ranunculukselta | ranunculuksilta | |
| allative | ranunculukselle | ranunculuksille | |
| essive | ranunculuksena | ranunculuksina | |
| translative | ranunculukseksi | ranunculuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | ranunculuksin | |
| abessive | ranunculuksetta | ranunculuksitta | |
| comitative | — | ranunculuksineen | |
Synonyms
Latin
rānunculī (tadpoles)
Etymology
The diminutive of rāna (“frog”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /raːˈnun.ku.lus/
Noun
rānunculus m (genitive rānunculī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rānunculus | rānunculī |
| genitive | rānunculī | rānunculōrum |
| dative | rānunculō | rānunculīs |
| accusative | rānunculum | rānunculōs |
| ablative | rānunculō | rānunculīs |
| vocative | rānuncule | rānunculī |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: ranunculus
- French: grenouille, renoncule
- Romanian: rărunchi
- Translingual: Ranunculus
References
- ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ranunculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.