ranuncula
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Noun[edit]
ranuncula
- (obsolete) Synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).
- 1770, Colin Milne, A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany:
- They proceed either singly from the wings of the leaves, or termination of the branches, as in pæony, globe ranunculus, marshmarigold, mouse-tail, fennel-flower, and some species of ranuncula and anemonie; or terminate the […]
- 1856, Alfred Velpeau, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region, page 560:
- [...] and no one that I am acquainted with now makes use of it. It is a caustic difficult to manage, and presents no advantages over the others. Caustics derived from the vegetable kingdom, such as certain varieties of ranuncula, certain of the euphorbiaceæ, *colchicum root, &c., have been tried.