kingcup

noun

noun

/ˈkɪŋkʌp/

Etymology From king + cup.

UK, Dialectal Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.

He told me how the wise toad who squats among the kingcups by the stream in summer has a very precious jewel in his head.1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 99:

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