Category:Ranunculus

Ra*nun`cu*lus, n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses, l. Ranunculi. Etym: [l., a Little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of rana a Frog; cf. raccare to roar.] (bot.)

Defn: a genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including Crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (r. Asiaticus, r. Aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various Colors.