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but⋅ter⋅cup

  [buht-er-kuhp]
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–noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves.
Origin:
1505–15; butter + cup, from color and shape of flower
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but·ter·cup   (bŭt'ər-kŭp')   
n.  Any of numerous herbs of the genus Ranunculus, native chiefly to temperate and cold regions and having acrid juice, often toothed or lobed leaves, and usually yellow or white flowers with numerous pistils.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

buttercup 
type of small wildflower with a yellow bloom, 1777, from a merger of two older names, gold-cups and butterflower.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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