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ranunculaceous
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.
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