'Ranunculuses' definitions:
Definition of 'Ranunculuses'
From: 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]
Words containing 'Ranunculuses'
- Ranunculus,
- Ranunculus Asiaticus,
- Ranunculus Ficaria,
- Ranunculus aconitifolius,
- Ranunculus aquatilis,
- Ranunculus auricomus,
- Ranunculus bulbosus,
- Ranunculus multifidus,
- Ranunculus repens,
- Ranunculus sceleratus,
- genus ranunculus,
- ranunculus acris,
- ranunculus flammula,
- ranunculus glaberrimus,
- ranunculus lingua,
- ranunculus lyalii,
- ranunculus occidentalis