different between ranunculus vs spearwort

English

Etymology

From Latin r?nunculus.

Noun

ranunculus (plural ranunculuses or ranunculi)

1. Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.

Synonyms

• (genus Ranunculus): buttercup, crowfoot

Related terms

• ranunculaceous

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin r?nunculus.

Noun

ranunculus

1. (rare, botany) ranunculus (plant of the genus Ranunculus)

Declension

Synonyms

• leinikki

Latin

Etymology

The diminutive of r?na (“frog”) +? -unculus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ra??nun.ku.lus/, [rä??n??k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ra?nun.ku.lus/, [r??nu?kulus]

Noun

r?nunculus m (genitive r?nuncul?); second declension

1. a little frog, polliwog, tadpole
2. buttercup, crowfoot (Ranunculus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• r?na
• r?nula

Descendants

• ? Catalan: ranuncle
• ? English: ranunculus
• French: grenouille, ? renoncule
• Italian: ranocchio, ranuncolo
• Sicilian: larunchia, larunchiu, rarunchia
• Spanish: renacuajo
• Translingual: Ranunculus

References

• ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ranunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English sperwort, sperewort, from Old English sperewyrt, i.e. spear +? wort

Noun

spearwort (countable and uncountable, plural spearworts)

1. Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.

Derived terms

• adder's-tongue spearwort (Ranunculus ophioglossifolius)
• creeping spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)
• greater spearwort, great spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)
• lesser spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)
• low spearwort (Ranunculus pusillus)
• water spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)
• water-plantain spearwort (Ranunculus ambigens)

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