cuckoo flower

Other forms: cuckoo flowers

Definitions of cuckoo flower

1. noun

   a bitter cress of Europe and America
   synonyms: Cardamine pratensis, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress

   type of:

   bitter cress, bittercress

   any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
2. noun

   common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
   synonyms: Lychins floscuculi, Lychnis flos-cuculi, ragged robin

   type of:

   catchfly, lychnis

   mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone