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单词 cuckoo pint
释义

Definition of cuckoo pint in English:

cuckoo pint

noun
  • The common European wild arum of woodland and hedgerows, with a pale spathe and a purple or green spadix followed by bright red berries.

    斑叶阿若母。亦称LOADS AND LADIES 或JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT

    Arum maculatum, family Araceae

    Also called lords and ladies or Jack-in-the-pulpit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Celandine, cow parsley, cuckoo pint, goosegrass and bluebells also only put out the most tentative shoots, but deadnettles did not appear at all, and rosemary did not flower.

Origin

Late Middle English: from earlier cuckoo-pintle, from pintle in the obsolete sense 'penis' (because of the shape of the spadix).

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