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buttercup (iou) and twenty-two (oh)


buttercup (iou)



buttercup noun. In sense 2 orig. buttercups. E16.
[from BUTTER noun1 + CUP noun.]
A cup for holding butter. E-M16.
Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus (family Ranunculaceae), bearing bright yellow cup-shaped flowers; a flowering stem of such a plant. L18.
creeping buttercup, meadow buttercup, turban buttercup, etc.
Phrases: Bermuda buttercup: see BERMUDA 3.
buttercupped,
buttercuppy adjectives having many buttercups, covered with buttercups L19.

twenty-two (oh)



.22 n [C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: From its .22-inch bullets]
a gun that fires small bullets, used for hunting small animals