Lexic.us

Definition of Cuckoopint

1. Noun. Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.

Definition of Cuckoopint

1. n. A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.

Definition of Cuckoopint

1. Noun. (botany) The flowering plant ''Arum maculatum'' that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) The related plant, ''Arum italicum''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuckoopint

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuckoopint

Literary usage of Cuckoopint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lives of Girls who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton (1886)
"O cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! " At " seven times two," who of us has not waited for the great heavy curtains ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"... the narcissus and the onion, at the base of their blossoms; and this spathe has been gradually modified into the green hood of the modern cuckoopint. ..."

3. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"0 cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! And show me your nest with the young ones in It; I will not steal them away; ..."

4. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"0 cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest with the young 1 am old! you may trust me, linnet, ..."

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