Found 2 items, similar to ranunculus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ranunculus Ranunculus n : annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot [syn: genus Ranunculus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ranunculus Spearwort \Spear"wort`\, n. [AS. sperewyrt.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves. [1913 Webster] Ranunculus \Ra*nun"cu*lus\ (r[.a]*n[u^][ng]"k[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses (r[.a]*n[u^][ng]"k[-u]*l[u^]s*[e^]z), L. Ranunculi (-l[imac]). [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]