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king·cup

(kĭng′kŭp′)

n. Chiefly British

Any of several plants in the buttercup family with yellow flowers, especially the marsh marigold.

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kingcup

(ˈkɪŋˌkʌp)

(Plants) Brit any of several yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plants, esp the marsh marigold

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king•cup

(ˈkɪŋˌkʌp)

n.

1. buttercup.

2. the marsh marigold.

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Noun	1.	kingcup - swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, Caltha palustris, cowslip, water dragon Caltha, genus Caltha - a genus of Caltha bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
	2.	kingcup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup - perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America common buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus - perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America Mount Cook lily, Ranunculus lyalii, mountain lily - showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand Ranunculus occidentalis, western buttercup - perennial of western North America creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, Ranunculus repens - perennial European herb with long creeping stolons celery-leaved buttercup, cursed crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus - annual herb growing in marshy places herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Translations

Sumpfdotterblume

botton d'oro

kingcup

[ˈkɪŋkʌp] N → botón m de oro

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kingcup

[ˈkɪŋˌkʌp] n (flower) → botton m d'oro

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A charger neighs; one turns to start, Crushing the kingcups as he flies, And one pale maiden vainly tries To hush the tumult in her heart And veil the secret of her eyes.

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But while admiring my neighbour, I don't think I shall ever try to follow in her steps, my talents not being of the energetic and organising variety, but rather of that order which makes their owner almost lamentably prone to take up a volume of poetry and wander out to where the kingcups grow, and, sitting on a willow trunk beside a little stream, forget the very existence of everything but green pastures and still waters, and the glad blowing of the wind across the joyous fields.

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Yet because flowers are such a persistent ingredient, Jovan has also to admit that it helps to know your kingcups, cotton grass, and yellow flag.

Flower power: Winifred Nicholson was truly wise to the pleasure that colour can impart

Brenda Sutton, Hampshire: Try kingcups, reeds - but not bulrushes as they take over- and a lily - but not the big white one as it's too vigorous.