Water crowfoot

Water crowfoot
Water crowfoot Wa"ter crow"foot` (Bot.) An aquatic kind of buttercup ({Ranunculus aquatilis}), used as food for cattle in parts of England. [1913 Webster]

{Great water crowfoot}, an American water plant ({Ranunculus multifidus}), having deep yellow flowers. [1913 Webster]


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  • Great water crowfoot — Water crowfoot Wa ter crow foot (Bot.) An aquatic kind of buttercup ({Ranunculus aquatilis}), used as food for cattle in parts of England. [1913 Webster] {Great water crowfoot}, an American water plant ({Ranunculus multifidus}), having deep… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • crowfoot — noun (plural crowfoots) a plant related to the buttercups, typically aquatic and with lobed or divided leaves and white or yellow flowers. [Ranunculus aquatilis (water crowfoot) and related species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • water buttercup — noun plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America • Syn: ↑water crowfoot, ↑Ranunculus aquatilis • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant …   Useful english dictionary

  • water ivy — noun : a European water crowfoot (Ranunculus hederaceum) with white flowers and ivy shaped leaves that is naturalized in eastern No. America …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Water celery — Wa ter cel er*y (Bot.) A very acrid herb ({Ranunculus sceleratus}) growing in ditches and wet places; called also {cursed crowfoot}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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