| 1. category of flowering plant with many rich colors (such as the buttercup). ranunculusra*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.ranunculus annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot [syn: ranunculus, genus ranunculus] |
