BUTTERCUP  , a name applied to several See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus See also:

• RANUNCULUS

Ranunculus (q.v.), characterized by their deeply-cut leaves and yellow, broadly See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . Ranunculus acris and R. bkdbosus are erect, hairy meadow See also:

• PLANTS

plants, the latter having the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem swollen at the See also:

• BASE

base, and distinguished also by the furrowed See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-stalks and the often smaller flowers with reflexed, not spreading, sepals . R. repens, See also:

• COMMON

common on See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste ground, produces See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long runners by means of which it rapidly covers the ground . The plants are native in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north temperate to See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic zones of the Old See also:

• WORLD

World, and have been introduced in See also:

• AMERICA

America .