ranuncle

Borrowed from Latin rānunculus (“tadpole”), diminutive of rāna (“frog”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈnuŋ.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈnuŋ.kle]

ranuncle m (plural ranuncles)

1. buttercup, crowfoot (flowering plant in the genus Ranunculus)

• “ranuncle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007