Cuckoo Pint refers to more than one species of the genus Arum.
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cuckoo pint — (orig cuckoo pintle) / pint or pīnt/ noun A European plant (Arum maculatum) with a cylindrical purple flower stalk (spadix) enclosed within a yellowish modified leaf (spathe), and poisonous red berries (also called lords and ladies) • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
cuckoo-pint — cuckoopint cuck oo*pint , cuckoo pint cuck oo pint . 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}. Syn: cuckoopint,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cuckoo pint — noun the common wild arum with a pale spathe and a purple or green spadix followed by bright red berries. [Arum maculatum.] Origin ME: from earlier cuckoo pintle, from pintle in the obs. sense penis (because of the shape of the spadix) … English new terms dictionary
cuckoo-pint — … Useful english dictionary
cuckoo pintle — cuckoo pint (orig cuckoo pintle) / pint or pīnt/ noun A European plant (Arum maculatum) with a cylindrical purple flower stalk (spadix) enclosed within a yellowish modified leaf (spathe), and poisonous red berries (also called lords and ladies) • … Useful english dictionary
cuckoo — n. & adj. n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its eggs in the nests of small birds. predic.adj. sl. crazy, foolish. Phrases and idioms: cuckoo clock a clock that strikes the hour… … Useful english dictionary
Arum maculatum — Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Arum — For other uses, see Arum (disambiguation). Arum Arum palaestinum Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
ἄρω — ἄρον cuckoo pint neut nom/voc/acc dual ἄρον cuckoo pint neut gen sg (doric aeolic) ἄ̱ρω , ἀρόω plough imperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) ἀρόω plough pres imperat act 2nd sg (doric aeolic) ἄ̱ρω , αἴρω attach aor ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ὤρω — ἄρω , ἄρον cuckoo pint neut nom/voc/acc dual ἄρω , ἄρον cuckoo pint neut gen sg (doric aeolic) ἄ̱ρω , ἀρόω plough imperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic) ἄρω , ἀρόω plough pres imperat act 2nd sg (doric aeolic) ἄ̱ρω , αἴρω attach aor ind mid 2nd sg… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
