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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spearwort \Spear"wort`\, n. [AS. sperewyrt.] (Bot.)
     A name given to several species of crowfoot ({Ranunculus)
     which have spear-shaped leaves.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Spearwort \Spear"wort`\, n. [AS. sperewyrt.] (Bot.)
     A name given to several species of crowfoot ({Ranunculus)
     which have spear-shaped leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ranunculus \Ra*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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Ranunculus
       n : annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
           [syn: genus Ranunculus]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ranunculus
     Latin n.
     1 a little frog, polliwog, tadpole
     2 buttercup, crowfoot (''ranunculus#English'')
     n.
     Any plant of the genus ''Ranunculus''; the buttercup or crowfoot.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ranunculus
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ranunculaceae ranunculuses, including the
  buttercup etc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ranunculus
     n.
     Any plant of the genus ''Ranunculus''; the buttercup or crowfoot.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ranunculus
     Latin n.
     1 a little frog, polliwog, tadpole
     2 buttercup, crowfoot (''ranunculus#English'')
     n.
     Any plant of the genus ''Ranunculus''; the buttercup or crowfoot.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Ranunculus
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ranunculaceae ranunculuses, including the
  buttercup etc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ranunculus
     Latin n.
     1 a little frog, polliwog, tadpole
     2 buttercup, crowfoot (''ranunculus#English'')
     n.
     Any plant of the genus ''Ranunculus''; the buttercup or crowfoot.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Ranunculus
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ranunculaceae ranunculuses, including the
  buttercup etc)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ranunculus /ɹanˈʌŋkjʊləs/
  1. düğünçiçeği, turnaayağı, (bot.) Ranunculus.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 毛良属植物;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 毛莨属植物

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