KINGCUP

buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup

(noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kingcup (plural kingcups)

(British, regional) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.

Anagrams

• pick gun

Source: Wiktionary


King"cup`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The common buttercup.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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