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DictionarybuttercupYellow wildflower
noun

buttercup

BUT-er-kup/ˈbʌtərkʌp/

A small yellow wildflower with glossy petals.

The buttercup has glossy yellow petals and green lobed leaves.

Single buttercup stem with five glossy yellow petals, green lobed leaves and natural flower center; accurate small wildflower, no butter dish or background meadow.
Etymology
butterEnglishmilk fat
+cupEnglishsmall vessel

Butter and cup may preserve a merger of two older flower names, butterflower and gold-cups. This would make the modern name a blend of earlier names for the yellow bloom.

In context

Home Is Where Our Heart Is2:13
And the meadow buttercup gets its name, the meadow buttercup because it grows tall to compete in wildflower meadows.
The Beauty Of Buttercups - Poison, Ancient Medicine & Folklore 🌼

More examples

  • Several buttercups grew along the path.
  • A bee landed on the buttercup.
  • She sketched a single buttercup.

Forms

buttercup · buttercups

Similar words

daisy
A different flower with rays surrounding a central disk.
marigold
A different flowering plant, often yellow or orange.