Cuckoopint

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus {Arum} ({Arum maculatum}); the European
     wake-robin.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cuckoopint
       n : common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple
           spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch
           called arum [syn: {lords-and-ladies}, {jack-in-the-pulpit},
            {Arum maculatum}]