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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KING'CUP, n. A flower, crowfoot.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris]
2: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1538 any of several plants of the buttercup family; especially marsh marigold

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. a marsh marigold.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kingcup King"cup`, n. (Bot.) The common buttercup.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Buttercup But"ter*cup`, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cuckoobud Cuck"oo*bud" (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. --Shak.