The Meaning of buttercup

• (n.) 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.

Synonyms

butterflower , butter-flower , crowfoot , goldcup , kingcup

Rhymes

backup , blowup , breakup , buildup , bupp , checkup , chupp , cleanup , close-up , closeup , cup , cupp , eggcup , followup , greenup , grownup , grupp , holdup , hookup , hupp , knupp , krupp , lay-up , letup , lineup , linkup , lockup , makeup , markup , pickup , pileup , pup , push-up , pushup , roundup , runup , rupp , ruppe , schupp , setup , shakeup , shupp , speedup , start-up , startup , strupp , stupp , sup , teacup , trupp , up , upp , wakeup , windup , yup