cuckoopint (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cuckoopint*:
NOUN	plant	cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum	common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix

English > *cuckoopint*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
Synonyms	lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum
Member of	genus Arum	type genus of the Araceae
Parts	arum	starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
Broader	arum, aroid	Any plant of the family Araceae
Spanish	aro
Catalan	arum maculatum

HyperDic: cuckoopint