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cuckoopint

DEFINITIONS OF: cuckoopint

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n common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Synonyms:
Arum maculatum, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies
Type of:
aroid, arum
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
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