'Kingcup' definitions:
Definition of 'kingcup'
(from WordNet)
noun
Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris]
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]
Definition of 'Kingcup'
From: GCIDE
- Kingcup \King"cup`\, n. (Bot.) The common buttercup. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'kingcup'
From: GCIDE
- Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly Ranunculus bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'kingcup'
From: GCIDE
- Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of Ranunculus (Ranunculus bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. --Shak. [1913 Webster]