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ranuncula

ranuncula noun: synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).

Noun

ranuncula

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).
    • They proceed either singly from the wings of the leaves, or termination of the branches, as in pæony, globe ranunculus, marshmarigold, mouse-tail, fennel-flower, and some species of ranuncula and anemonie; or terminate the[…]1770, Colin Milne, A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany
    • [...] and no one that I am acquainted with now makes use of it. It is a caustic difficult to manage, and presents no advantages over the others. Caustics derived from the vegetable kingdom, such as certain varieties of ranuncula, certain of the euphorbiaceæ, *colchicum root, &c., have been tried.1856, Alfred Velpeau, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region, page 560
    Synonyms:
    ranunculus

Synonyms of ranuncula

Questions about ranuncula

What does ranuncula mean?
Ranuncula means synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).
What part of speech is ranuncula?
Ranuncula is a noun.

Words near ranuncula in the dictionary

  1. ranular
  2. ranulas
  3. Ranulph
  4. Ranum
  5. Ranums
  6. ranuncula
  7. ranunculaceous
  8. ranunculi
  9. ranunculid
  10. ranunculids
  11. ranunculin

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