Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Buttercup (-s, -'s)
butbutterfly (-'s, butterflies)
buttercup (-s, -'s), n. [compound of OE 'fatty substance obtained from cream by churning' + L. 'drinking vessel'; see cup, n.] (webplay: bright, flowers).
- Brilliant yellow field flower; bright golden meadow blossom; [personification] suitor; wooer; romantic partner.
- Golden-cup bloom; Crow-foot blossom; King-cup species of Ranunculus.
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