cuckoopint

Arum maculatum

Meaning

Noun

The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum (species).

Related

Similar words

aaron
Jack in the pulpit, lords and ladies, rampe, starchwort

Origin

From earlier cuckoo-pintle, from Middle English cokkoupintel from cokkou + pintel.

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