cuckoopint n 1: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum [syn: {cuckoopint}, {lords-and-ladies}, {jack- in-the-pulpit}, {Arum maculatum}]
Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Arum} ({Arum maculatum}); the European wake-robin. [1913 Webster]
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]