
1) Apple-polish 2) Be extra nice to 3) Flatter 4) Flatter by design 5) Flatter flower - cold leaves 6) Flatter fulsomely 7) Flatter insincerely 8) Flatter lavishly 9) Sweet-talk
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1) Butterflower 2) Child character in comic 3) Colorful spring flower 4) Crowfoot 5) Gilbert and Sullivan role 6) Goldcup 7) Herb 8) Herbaceous plant 9) High cholesterol dish 10) Kingcup 11) Little G & S character 12) Shade of yellow 13) Small yellow flowering herb 14) Spring flower 15) The Powerpuff Girls character
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1) Butterflower 2) Crowfoot 3) Goldcup
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[fairy tale] Buttercup or Butterball (Norwegian: Smørbukk, literally `Butter-buck`) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327 C, the devil (witch) carries the hero home in a sack. Buttercup is so named because he is `plump and fat, and fond of good things`. ==Synopsis== While Buttercup`s moth...
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• (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.
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any of about 250 species of herbaceous flowering plants constituting the genus Ranunculus of the family Ranunculaceae. Buttercups are distributed ... [4 related articles]
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But'ter·cup` noun (Botany) 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.
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The buttercup (Ranunculus acris) is a perennial herb of the family Ranunculaceae. The lower leaves are deeply divided into three to seven, ovate or wedge-shaped and toothed or further divided into segments. The stem leaves are similar but smaller. The flowers have five erect sepals, five glossy yellow petals and numerous stamens.
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Buttercup is British slang for an effeminate male homosexual.
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[
v] - flatter with the intention of getting something
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[
n] - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
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A common yellow flower (Ranunculus) generally found in wetter parts of the farm. It is common on undrained permanent pasture where it can become invasive.(Picture)
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brown-nose verb flatter with the intention of getting something
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butterflower noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
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Any plant of the buttercup family with divided leaves and yellow flowers. (Genus
Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae.)
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any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves.
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