We found 2 definitions of ranunculaceae from 2 different sources.
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ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae | ||
family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family | ||
magnoliid dicot family family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms | ||
order ranales, order ranunculales, ranales, ranunculales herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae | ||
genus ranunculus, ranunculus annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot | ||
aconitum, genus aconitum genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal | ||
actaea, genus actaea baneberry | ||
genus adonis, adonis (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite" | ||
genus anemone perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions | ||
anemonella, genus anemonella one species: rue anemone | ||
genus aquilegia columbine | ||
caltha, genus caltha a genus of Caltha | ||
cimicifuga, genus cimicifuga small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane | ||
genus clematis large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs | ||
coptis, genus coptis small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers | ||
consolida, genus consolida plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium | ||
genus delphinium large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous | ||
eranthis, genus eranthis winter aconite | ||
genus helleborus, helleborus a genus of Helleborus | ||
genus hepatica small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone | ||
genus hydrastis, hydrastis small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan | ||
genus isopyrum, isopyrum tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere | ||
genus laccopetalum, laccopetalum one species: giant buttercup | ||
genus nigella erect annual Eurasian herbs | ||
genus pulsatilla, pulsatilla includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers | ||
genus thalictrum, thalictrum widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue | ||
genus trautvetteria, trautvetteria small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane |