cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum
(noun) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cuckoopint (plural cuckoopints)
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
• (Arum maculatum): Jack in the pulpit, lords and ladies, rampe, starchwort
Source: Wiktionary
Cuck"oo*pint` (-pnt`), n. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake- robin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
