Definition of Ranunculus. Meaning of Ranunculus. Synonyms of Ranunculus

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Definition of Ranunculus

Ranunculus
Spearwort Spear"wort`, n. [AS. sperewyrt.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
Ranunculus
Ranunculus Ra*nun`cu*lus, n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses, L. Ranunculi. [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of rana a frog; cf. raccare to roar.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.

Meaning of Ranunculus from wikipedia

- buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus...
- blistering. Ranunculus is a diminutive of 'rana', meaning 'little frog'. This name is in reference to the amphibious habitat of many Ranunculus species....
- Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup, is a species of buttercup (Ranunculus) native to the eastern Mediterranean region, southwestern Asia, southeastern...
- Ficaria verna (formerly Ranunculus ficaria L.), commonly known as lesser celandine or pilewort, is a low-growing, hairless perennial flowering plant in...
- Ranunculaceae (/rənʌŋkjuːˈleɪsiˌaɪ, -siːˌiː/, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species...
- Ranunculus aquatilis, the common water-crowfoot or white water-crowfoot, is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe...
- Ranunculus acris L. Journal of Ecology 45(1): 289 – 342. Jacobs J. Graves M, Mangold J. 2010. Ecology and management of tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris...
- plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/July. Ranunculus flammula is poisonous...
- (Oxfordshire) NRCS. "Ranunculus arvensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 October 2015. "Ranunculus arvensis". Germplasm...
- Buttercup: Ranunculus bulbosus S Coles (1973) Ranunculus bulbosus L in Europe. Watsonia 9: 207-228 J Sarukhan (1974) Studies on plant demography: Ranunculus repens...