Home › Words › G › goldcupgoldcupgoldcup · noun — the buttercup.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom gold + cup.nounThe buttercup.e.g.“Oh see how thick the goldcup flowers Are lying in field and lane, With dandelions to tell the hours That never are told again.” — 1896, Alfred Edward Housman, A Shropshire Lad, Chapter V:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).