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cuckoopint

[koo-koo-pahynt, kook-oo-]

noun

  1. a common European arum, Arum maculatum.

cuckoopint

/ ˈʊːˌ貹ɪԳ /

noun

  1. Also called: lords-and-ladies. wake-robin.a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cuckoopint1

1545–55; apocopated variant of obsolete cuckoopintle, late Middle English cokkupyntel ( cuckoo, pintle ); its spadix is pintle-shaped
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When sweet wild April Dipped down the dale, Pale cuckoopint brightened, And windflower trail, And white-thorn, the wood-bride, In virginal veil.

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