cuckoopint

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

noun

1. a common European arum, Arum maculatum.

cuckoopint

/ ˈkʊkuːˌpaɪnt /

noun

1. a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries Also calledlords-and-ladieschiefly USwake-robin

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

Example Sentences

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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