cuckoopint

English

Alternative forms

cuckoo-pint

Etymology

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

Noun

cuckoopint (plural cuckoopints)

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

Synonyms

(Arum maculatum): Jack in the pulpit, lords and ladies, rampe, starchwort

Translations

Arum maculatum

Finnish: aaroninsauva (fi), munkinhuppu (fi)

Arum italicum

Galician: corno (gl) m

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