dwarf buttercup

noun

: any of several small or low-growing buttercups

especially : a weak-stemmed buttercup (Ranunculus pygmaeus) that is native to Europe but widely distributed in moist rocky northern and alpine parts of America and that usually has several stems each bearing a single flower

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