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    KINGCUP

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculusplay

    Synonyms:

    butter-flower; buttercup; butterflower; crowfoot; goldcup; kingcup

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("kingcup" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingcup"):

    meadow buttercup; Ranunculus acris; tall buttercup; tall crowfoot; tall field buttercup (perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America)

    common buttercup; Ranunculus bulbosus (perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America)

    Mount Cook lily; mountain lily; Ranunculus lyalii (showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand)

    Ranunculus occidentalis; western buttercup (perennial of western North America)

    creeping buttercup; creeping crowfoot; Ranunculus repens (perennial European herb with long creeping stolons)

    celery-leaved buttercup; cursed crowfoot; Ranunculus sceleratus (annual herb growing in marshy places)

    Holonyms ("kingcup" is a member of...):

    genus Ranunculus; Ranunculus (annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercupsplay

    Synonyms:

    Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("kingcup" is a kind of...):

    bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

    Holonyms ("kingcup" is a member of...):

    Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)

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