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Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
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crowfoot
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Crowfoot was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. It was located in the central part of the province, and is named in honour of Chief Crowfoot , leader of the Blackfoot ...
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n. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup , butterflower , butter-flower , goldcup , kingcup ]
Wiktionary
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n. Any of many plants, mostly of the genus ''Ranunculus'', that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Crow's-foot \Crow's"-foot`\ (kr?z"f??t`), n.; pl. Crow's-feet (-f[=e]t`). pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. --Tennyson. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crowfoot ...
Usage examples of crowfoot.
To pass the time, moustached and crowfooted, I enjoyed a good and leisurely lunch, for I had to wait until late afternoon, when the coffers would be full.
And all present, the alders, the crowfoot, the purple flower& Everything comes back, everything comes home, to that burgage.
And all present, the alders, the crowfoot, the purple flower… Everything comes back, everything comes home, to that burgage.
The voluntary means proceed from outward causes, as by making of corrosives, and applying the same to the more fleshy parts of their bodies, and also laying of ratsbane, spearwort, crowfoot, and such like unto their whole members, thereby to raise pitiful and odious sores, and move the hearts of the goers-by such places where they lie, to yearn at their misery, and thereupon bestow large alms upon them.
The Bulbous Buttercup has some superficial resemblance to the Upright Crowfoot and the Creeping Crowfoot, but is distinguished not only by its bulb and by the fact that it never throws out runners, but by the fact that its sepals are turned back in the fully expanded blossom, so as to touch the stemthat supports the flower.
Cadfael inserted the stem of the alder twig into one of them, and scooped out a smooth, thick slime of fine gravel and a wisp of crowfoot embedded within it.
All the species of Ranunculus, except the Water Crowfoot, are acrid, and before the introduction of Cantharides (Spanish Fly), many, especially R.
Cadfael tucked up his habit and splashed through, shaking the little rafts of water crowfoot until the whole languid surface quivered.