buttercup

Example Sentences

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“The sagebrush violets there are gorgeous, along with the sagebrush buttercups,” he said.

From Seattle Times

They sell little jars of their house-made mayonnaise from a refrigerated case by the counter, by the way; it's thick and buttercup yellow from the high concentration of whipped egg yolk.

From Salon

Before him, riverbank lupine, western buttercups and dozens of other native plants were providing habitat and food for various bees, butterflies, grasshoppers, songbirds and even an owl.

From Seattle Times

On a rainy Saturday, I stopped into an afternoon-to-evening performance, settling into a buttercup sofa with a mug of herbal tea.

From New York Times

The flowers are also known as Persian buttercups.

From Los Angeles Times