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BUTTERCUP FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Ranunculaceae
Synonyms:
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("buttercup family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "buttercup family"):
genus Trollius; Trollius (perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers)
genus Trautvetteria; Trautvetteria (small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane)
genus Thalictrum; Thalictrum (widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue)
genus Pulsatilla; Pulsatilla (includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers)
genus Nigella (erect annual Eurasian herbs)
genus Laccopetalum; Laccopetalum (one species: giant buttercup)
genus Isopyrum; Isopyrum (tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere)
genus Hydrastis; Hydrastis (small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan)
genus Hepatica (small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone)
genus Helleborus; Helleborus (a genus of Helleborus)
Eranthis; genus Eranthis (winter aconite)
genus Delphinium (large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous)
Consolida; genus Consolida (plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium)
Coptis; genus Coptis (small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers)
genus Clematis (large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs)
Cimicifuga; genus Cimicifuga (small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane)
Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)
genus Aquilegia (columbine)
Anemonella; genus Anemonella (one species: rue anemone)
genus Anemone (perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions)
Adonis; genus Adonis (annual or perennial herbs)
Actaea; genus Actaea (baneberry)
Aconitum; genus Aconitum (genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal)
genus Ranunculus; Ranunculus (annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot)
Holonyms ("buttercup family" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
