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Cuckoopint

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Noun

1. arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies

common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cuckoopint

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noun
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 ()in chiefly US wake-robin

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Cuckoopint

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noun
a European wildflower (Arum maculatum) of the arum family, with large, sagittate leaves and a spadix and spathe similar to those of the jack-in-the-pulpit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cuckoopint

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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.

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