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Noun: tall buttercup
  1. Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
    - meadow buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, Ranunculus acris

Derived forms: tall buttercups

Type of: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup [Brit]