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}]
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