Category:Buttercup

Buttercup is a flower that usually blooms in April or May, yet may grow throughout the summer. They are perennials with bright yellow or white flowers which typically grow near small rivers, creeks, streams or springs. Buttercup plants are poisonous to horses, cattle, and other livestock. Buttercup plants can also cause contact dermatitis in humans. When dried, the toxins are degraded, therefore it is said that dried hay that contains dried buttercups is safe.

But"ter*cup`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.