cuckoo-pint

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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]
    

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