English Explanatory Dictionary

cuckoopint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
  2. A flowering plant of species Arum italicum.

Pronunciation

/ˈku.kuˌpɪnt/ /ˈkʊk.uːˌpɪnt/

Word forms

cuckoopint cuckoopints cuckoo pint cuckoo-pint cuckoopintle

Etymology

From earlier cuckoopintle, from Middle English cokkoupintel from cokkou (“cuckoo”) + pintel (“penis”).

Synonyms

Jack-in-the-pulpit snake's head lords and ladies Adam and Eve adder's meat adder's root arum arum lily bobbins cows and bulls cuckoopint cuckoo-plant devils and angels friar's cowl lamb-in-a-pulpit lord-and-lady lords-and-ladies naked boys starch-root wakerobin wild arum
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