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Noun: cuckoopint  'koo-koo,pInt [N. Amer], 'kû-koo,pInt [Brit]
  1. 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

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: genus Arum

Encyclopedia: Cuckoopint