CUCKOOPINT

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


Etymology

Noun

cuckoopint (plural cuckoopints)

The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.

The related plant Arum italicum.

Synonyms

• (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



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