English-Thai Dictionary
ranunculus
N พืช จำพวก Crowfoot หรือ Buttercup
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RANUNCULUS
n.[L. from rana, a frog. ] In botany, crowfoot, a genus of plants of many species, some of them beautiful flowering plants, particularly the Asiatic, or Turkey and Persian ranunculus, which is diversified with many rich colors.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ranunculus
ra nun cu lus |rəˈnəNGkyələs rəˈnəŋkjələs | ▶noun ( pl. ranunculuses or ranunculi |-ˌlē, -ˌlī | ) a temperate plant of a genus that includes the buttercups and water crowfoots, typically having yellow or white bowl-shaped flowers and lobed or toothed leaves. [Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae: many species, including several garden ornamentals. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘little frog, ’ diminutive of rana .
Oxford Dictionary
ranunculus
ranunculus |rəˈnʌŋkjʊləs | ▶noun ( pl. ranunculuses or ranunculi |-lʌɪ, -liː | ) a temperate plant of a genus that includes the buttercups and water crowfoots, typically having yellow or white bowl-shaped flowers and lobed or toothed leaves. ●Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae: many species, including several garden ornamentals. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘little frog ’, diminutive of rana .
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