A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly Ranunculus bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

(Ranunculus spp.)

Buttercup or Butterball is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327 C, the devil (witch) carries the hero home in a sack.

cheerfulness.

Term of endearment for Clay, coined after he sang Build Me Up Buttercup on AI2. See Nelle's post of 0:43 AM, Guestbook 1, Page 1387

a six-prong setting, with tall prongs, that resembles a flower