Plural of buttercup

Forms of buttercup

Buttercups in a sentence

• In dicotyledons that do not form a calyx, like the buttercups, the corollas are always choripetalous.1986, Ernst Michael Kranich, Planetary Influences Upon Plants. From the entry choripetalous
• There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.1942, Emily Carr, “James' Bay and Dallas Road”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry camas
• He had never written about buttercups.2016 July 18, Joy Williams, “Stuff”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry warm over
• Forget-me-not Pass was an alpland filled to overflowing with colorful flower displays: red Indian paintbrush, purple asters, yellow buttercups, and, of course, myriads of blue forgetme-nots.1989, Cyndi Smith, Off the Beaten Track: Women Adventurers and Mountaineers in Western Canada, Waterton Park, Atla.: Coyote Books, →ISBN…. From the entry alpland
• They thanked him and bade him good-bye, and turned toward the West, walking over fields of soft grass dotted here and there with daisies and buttercups.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC. From the entry here and there

Meaning of buttercup

1. noun Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
2. noun Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
3. noun An affectionate or ironic term of address.

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Questions about the plural of buttercup

What is the plural of buttercup?

The plural of buttercup is buttercups.

Is buttercup countable?

Buttercup is a countable noun.