The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ranunculus \Ra*nun"cu*lus\ (r[.a]*n[u^][ng]"k[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses (r[.a]*n[u^][ng]"k[-u]*l[u^]s*[e^]z), L. Ranunculi (-l[imac]). [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of rana a frog; cf. raccare to roar.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi ( Ranunculus Asiaticus, Ranunculus aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of ranunculus English)
Usage examples of "ranunculuses".
Her throat was bare, and in her bosom she had a beautiful nosegay of tulips, roses, anemones, ranunculuses, hyacinths and auriculas.
He went to a blazing bed of late-blooming ranunculuses, to another of impatiens, and his tail wagged faster with each discovery.