A yellow ranunculus, its petals folded in tight layers

Flowers

Ranunculus

ra·nun·cu·lus

Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup: layer on layer of tissue-thin petals wrapped around a green eye. The name is Latin for “little frog,” after the buttercups that grow with their feet in wet ground.

Meaning

Charm. In the Victorian language of flowers, it told someone they were dazzling.