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单词 cuckoopint
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cuckoopint

[ koo-koo-pahynt, kook-oo- ]
/ ˈku kuˌpaɪnt, ˈkʊk u- /

noun

a common European arum, Arum maculatum.
Also called lords-and-ladies.

Origin of cuckoopint

1545–55; apocopated variant of obsolete cuckoopintle,late Middle English cokkupyntel (see cuckoo, pintle); its spadix is pintle-shaped

Words nearby cuckoopint

cuckold's knot, cuckoo, cuckoo bee, cuckoo clock, cuckooflower, cuckoopint, cuckoo-shrike, cuckoo-spit, cuckoo wasp, cu cm, cuculiform
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British Dictionary definitions for cuckoopint

cuckoopint
/ (ˈkʊkuːˌpaɪnt) /

noun

a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berriesAlso called: lords-and-ladies, (chiefly US) wake-robin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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