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CUCKOOPINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
Synonyms:
Arum maculatum; cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; lords-and-ladies
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cuckoopint" is a kind of...):
aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)
Meronyms (parts of "cuckoopint"):
arum (starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root)
Holonyms ("cuckoopint" is a member of...):
genus Arum (type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves)
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