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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

cuckoopint

/(-p?nt`)/ approx. · cuck·oo·pint · IPA /ˈku.kuˌpɪnt/
01 n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a …
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    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, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum.
02 n. A plant of the genus Arum (Arum maculatum); the European wake-robin.
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    A plant of the genus Arum (Arum maculatum); the European wake-robin.(Bot.)