English noun: kingcup |
1. | kingcup (plant) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups |
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| Synonyms | Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant |
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| Member meronym | Caltha, genus Caltha |
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2. | kingcup (plant) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus |
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| Synonyms | butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | celery-leaved buttercup, common buttercup, creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, cursed crowfoot, meadow buttercup, Mount Cook lily, mountain lily, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus bulbosus, Ranunculus lyalii, Ranunculus occidentalis, Ranunculus repens, Ranunculus sceleratus, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, western buttercup |
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| Member meronym | genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus |
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