Ranunculus repens

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ranunculus repens
    n 1: perennial European herb with long creeping stolons [syn:
         {creeping buttercup}, {creeping crowfoot}, {Ranunculus
         repens}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Creeping \Creep"ing\, a.
   1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping
      thing." --Gen. vi. 20.
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   2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall,
      etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
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            Casements lined with creeping herbs.  --Cowper.
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   {Ceeping crowfoot} (Bot.), a plant, the {Ranunculus repens}.
      

   {Creeping snowberry}, an American plant ({Chiogenes
      hispidula}) with white berries and very small round leaves
      having the flavor of wintergreen.
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