cuck·oo·pint
(ko͞o′ko͞o-pīnt′, ko͝ok′o͞o-)n.
A European plant (Arum maculatum) having arrow-shaped leaves, a purple or sometimes yellowish spadix partially enclosed by a yellow-green spathe, and scarlet berries. Also called lords-and-ladies.
[From obsolete cuckoopintle, from Middle English cokkupintel : cokku, cuccu, cuckoo; see cuckoo + pintel, penis (from the form of the spadix ); see pintle.]
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cuckoopint
(ˈkʊkuːˌpaɪnt)n
(Plants) a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries. Also called: lords-and-ladies or wake-robin (chiefly US)
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cuck•oo•pint
(ˈku kuˌpaɪnt, ˈkʊk u-)n.
a common European plant of the arum family, Arum maculatum.
[1545–55; apocopated variant of obsolete cuckoopintle, late Middle English cokkupyntel (see cuckoo, pintle); its spadix is pintle-shaped]
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| Noun | 1. |  cuckoopint - common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arumaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe genus Arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves arum - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root |
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