ranunculus ficaria

1. 1.

   perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles

   Synonymslesser celandinepilewort

   Broaderflower

   Part ofRanunculus

Questions about ranunculus ficaria

What does ranunculus ficaria mean?

ranunculus ficaria means "perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles".

What is another word for ranunculus ficaria?

Close synonyms include lesser celandine, pilewort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ranunculus ficaria a common word?

ranunculus ficaria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.