Meanings
noungolden cup (plural golden cups)
plural golden cups
- archaicAny of various buttercups (genus Ranunculus).First known use 18th c.
[T]heir maid has dressed their hats with cowslips, orchisses, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups […].
1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 234
Synonyms & antonyms
nounnative of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
Similar
Mexican tulip poppyHunnemania fumariifolia
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
golden cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20cup
MLA
“golden cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20cup. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “golden cup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20cup.
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