kingcup
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
kingcup (plural kingcups)
- (British, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
- 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 99:
- He told me how the wise toad who squats among the kingcups by the stream in summer has a very precious jewel in his head.
Translations[edit]
marsh marigold — see marsh marigold