'Cuckoopint' definitions:
Definition of 'cuckoopint'
(from WordNet)
noun
Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum [syn: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack- in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum]
Definition of 'Cuckoopint'
From: GCIDE
- Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Arum (Arum maculatum); the European wake-robin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cuckoopint'
From: GCIDE
- cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
- Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]