Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ranuncula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-nun-cu-la
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"They proceed either singly from the wings of the leaves, or termination of the branches, as in pæony, globe ranunculus, marshmarigold, mouse-tail, fennel-flower, and some species of ranuncula and anemonie; or terminate the[…]"
"[...] and no one that I am acquainted with now makes use of it. It is a caustic difficult to manage, and presents no advantages over the others. Caustics derived from the vegetable kingdom, such as certain varieties of ranuncula, certain of the euphorbiaceæ, *colchicum root, &c., have been tried."

Usage

Obsolete

Synonyms

ranunculus

Questions

What does ranuncula mean?: Synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).

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