TALL BUTTERCUP Definition & Meaning

tall buttercup

a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.

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Just outside the rickyard, where the grass of the meadow has not been mown but fed by cattle, grow the tall buttercups, rising to the knee.

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The tall buttercups brushed his knees, and bent on either side as if a wind was rushing through them.

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Rank brown grass stood everywhere; the fruit blossoms were gone, tall buttercups were nodding over the grass.

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