The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . uttecapped by a horizontal platform of hard rock is characteristicof the arid plateau region of the west of North America. BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. fiovrvpov, apparently connectedwith ^oDs, cow, and Tupos, cheese, but, according to the NewEnglish Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin), the fatty portionof the milk of mammalian animals. The milk of all mammalscontains such fatty constituents, and butter from the milk ofgoats, sheep and other animals has been and may be used; butthat yielded by cow
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . uttecapped by a horizontal platform of hard rock is characteristicof the arid plateau region of the west of North America. BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. fiovrvpov, apparently connectedwith ^oDs, cow, and Tupos, cheese, but, according to the NewEnglish Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin), the fatty portionof the milk of mammalian animals. The milk of all mammalscontains such fatty constituents, and butter from the milk ofgoats, sheep and other animals has been and may be used; butthat yielded by cows milk is the most savoury, and it alonereally constitutes the butter of commerce. The milV of thevarious breeds of cattle varies widely in the proportion of fattymatter it contains; its richness in this respect being greatlyinfluenced by season, nature of food, state of the animals healthand other considerations. Usually the cream is skimmed offthe surface of the milk for making butter, but by some thechurning is performed on the milk itself without waiting for the 8 9o BUTTERCUP—BUTTMANN. Plant of Ranunculus bul-bosus, showing determinateinflorescence. separation of the cream. The operation of churning causes therupture of the oil sacs, and by the coalescence of the fat soliberated butter is formed. Details regarding churning and thepreparation of butter generally will be found under Dairy andDairy Farming. BUTTERCUP, a name apphed to several species of thegenus Ranunculus (?.».), characterized by their deeply-cut leaves and yellow, broadly cup-shapedflowers. Ranunculus acris and are erect, hairy meadowplants, the latter having the stemswollen at the base, and distin-guished also by the furrowedflower-stalks and the often smallerflowers with reflexed, not spread-ing, sepals. R. repens, commonon waste ground, produces longrunners by means of which itrapidly covers the ground. Theplants are native in the northtemperate to arctic zones of theOld World, and have bee
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