cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint 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.
Synonyms:cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum.
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