[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ranunculus \ranun"culus\ r.anu^ng"k-ulu^s, n.;
   pl. e. ranunculuses r.anu^ng"k-ulu^se^z,
   l. ranunculi -limac. 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
   ranunculus asiaticus, ranunculus aconitifolius, etc. in
   which the flowers are double and of various colors.
   1913 webster
see also:
ranunculuses ranunculi ranunculus asiaticus ranunculus aconitifolius 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ranunculus
     n : annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
         syn: genus ranunculus
see also:
genus ranunculus 

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