goldcup

English

Etymology

From gold +‎ cup.

Noun

goldcup (plural goldcups)

1. (dated) The buttercup.
   • 1896, Alfred Edward Housman, A Shropshire Lad, Chapter V:

     Oh see how thick the goldcup flowers
     Are lying in field and lane,
     With dandelions to tell the hours
     That never are told again.

Related terms

• goldcup oak

 

References

• “goldcup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.