buttercup
Example Sentences
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“The sagebrush violets there are gorgeous, along with the sagebrush buttercups,” he said.
From Seattle Times
Why should anyone want to murder a harmless minor poet who writes of buttercups and daisies and the delights of rural life?
From New York Times
One client favored a Clematis collection — a flower in the buttercup family with 300 varieties.
From Washington Post
“All elements in this rainbow program,” Crowther wrote, “are carefully contrived and guaranteed to lift the dolors of winter and put you in a buttercup mood.”
From New York Times
The vivid yellow of buttercups peeked through the high grass on the towpath.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
