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ranunculus

ranunculus noun: any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.

ranunculus: any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot
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Noun

ranunculus (plural ranunculuses or ranunculi)

  1. Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
    Synonyms:
    buttercup, crowfoot

Synonyms of ranunculus

Forms of ranunculus

pluralranunculuses
pluralranunculi

Origin of ranunculus

Borrowed from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus.

Questions about ranunculus

What does ranunculus mean?
Ranunculus means any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
What part of speech is ranunculus?
Ranunculus is a noun.
What is the plural of ranunculus?
The plural of ranunculus is ranunculuses.

Words near ranunculus in the dictionary

  1. ranunculin
  2. ranunculite
  3. ranunculoid
  4. ranunculoids
  5. ranunculol
  6. ranunculus
  7. ranunculuses
  8. Ranveer
  9. Ranvier
  10. Ranvier's node
  11. Ranwell

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