Ranunculus \Ra*nun`cu*lus\, n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses, L.
Ranunculi. [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps
crowfoot, dim. of rana a frog; cf. raccare to roar.]
(Bot.)
A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including
crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R.
Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers
are double and of various colors.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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