Definition of "buttercups" [buttercups]

• Plural form of buttercup. (noun)

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• "Crocus and buttercups from the German meadow in front of my house, the happiest part of spring."
• "She tried to feel her sins and count them up; but the birds and the daisies and the buttercups were a constant interruption, and she went into the old meeting-house quite dissatisfied with herself."
• ""The leaves are as pretty as flowers," said they; and they called the golden leaves "buttercups," and the red ones "roses," and were very happy as they went singing through the wood."