Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus of the buttercup family, having lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of several species of crowfoot or Ranunculus with lance-shaped leaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (
Ranunculus ) which have spear-shaped leaves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
perennial herbaceous plants in theRanunculaceae (buttercup )genus .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They had been walking uphill all the time, and, as soon as they were clear of the woods, found they had reached a high table-land, covered with pastures, through the midst of which flowed a stream, whose rushy banks were gay with purple loosestrife, Ragged Robin, and yellow spearwort.
The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907
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In these ponds grow the great spearwort (_Ranunculus lingua_) and the sweet-flag (_Acorus calamus_), the former, however, not being indigenous.
Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901
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Tall trees droop over the calm water, and on its margins grow spearwort, opening its big yellow cups to the sunshine, meadow rue, purple and yellow loosestrife, bog bean, and sweet flag.
Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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No beggar eats crumbs, but only the fat of the land; and dogs lick not a beggar's sores, being made with spearwort, or ratsbane, or biting acids, from all which dogs, and even pigs, abhor.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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