Kingcup

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kingcup \King"cup`\, n. (Bot.)
     The common buttercup.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.)
     A species of {Ranunculus} ({Ranunculus bulbosus}); -- called
     also {butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}.
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kingcup
       n 1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow
            flowers resembling buttercups [syn: {marsh marigold}, {meadow
            bright}, {May blob}, {cowslip}, {water dragon}, {Caltha
            palustris}]
       2: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {buttercup},
           {butterflower}, {butter-flower}, {crowfoot}, {goldcup}]