Noun: cuckoopint 'koo-koo,pInt [N. Amer], 'kû-koo,pInt [Brit]
- Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
"The cuckoopint's distinctive purple spadix appears in early spring";
- lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum
Derived forms: cuckoopints
Part of: genus Arum
Encyclopedia: Cuckoopint