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1. (n.) cuckoopint
a common European plant of the arum family,
Arum maculatum.
Etymology: (1545–55; apocopated var. of obs. cuckoopintle, late ME cokkupyntel (see cuckoo , pintle ); its spadix is pintle-shaped)
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1. (noun) cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
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1. (noun) cuckoopint
a plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin
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