butterflower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: butterflower	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for butterflower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butterflower n any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of {Ranunculus} ({R. bulbosus}); -- called also {butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}. --Shak.