Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RA-NUN'CU-LUS
RA-NUN'CU-LUS, n. [L. from rana, a frog.]
In botany, crowfoot, a genus of plants of many species, some of diem beautiful flowering plants, particularly the Asiatic, or Turkey and Persian ranunculus, which is diversified with many rich colors. – Encyc.
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