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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d'), noun (Bot.) A species of {Ranunculus} ({Ranunculus bulbosus}); -- called also {butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Buttercup \But"ter*cup'\, noun (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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
buttercup
noun: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {butterflower}, {butter-flower}, {crowfoot}, {goldcup}, {kingcup}]
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