ranunculaceous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ra=nun=cu=la=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

ranunculaceous, a. [See Ranunculus.].

 Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceæ), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ranunculaceous, adj. of or relating to the family Ranunculaceae of flowering plants, including clematis and delphiniums.