a large family of plants distinguished by colorless acrid juice, usually alternate leaves, and regular or irregular polypetalous or apetalous flowers with hypogynous stamens

a large family of flowering plants, mostly herbaceous annuals or perennials, but some are woody climbers or shrubs. Commonly called the buttercup family

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“Ranunculaceae.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ranunculaceae. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.