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buttercup

/buht-er-kuhp/US // ˈbʌt ərˌkʌp //UK // (ˈbʌtəˌkʌp) //

毛茛,毛毛虫,毛茛属植物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves.

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Examples

  • At the superficial level, it’s just very helpful in teasing out the buttercups and mallows and primroses and paintbrushes.

  • No matter what was on that flag—a white buttercup, a corn muffin, the skeleton of an alligator, who knows?

  • Hadria was picking the petals off a buttercup one by one, and when she had destroyed one golden corolla, she attacked another.

  • What she saw was a bee hovering over a bright yellow buttercup that grew almost within reach of where she sat.

  • Be the best buttercup you can, and think no flower above you.

  • "Oh rubbish" laughed Helen and she stooped down to pick a buttercup.

  • Did you ever hear the little poem called The Discontented Buttercup?