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• cuckoo pintle — cuckoo pint (orig cuckoo pintle) / pint or pīnt/ noun A European plant (Arum maculatum) with a cylindrical purple flower stalk (spadix) enclosed within a yellowish modified leaf (spathe), and poisonous red berries (also called lords and ladies) • …   Useful english dictionary

• cuckoo pint — (orig cuckoo pintle) / pint or pīnt/ noun A European plant (Arum maculatum) with a cylindrical purple flower stalk (spadix) enclosed within a yellowish modified leaf (spathe), and poisonous red berries (also called lords and ladies) • • • Main… …   Useful english dictionary

• cuckoo pint — noun the common wild arum with a pale spathe and a purple or green spadix followed by bright red berries. [Arum maculatum.] Origin ME: from earlier cuckoo pintle, from pintle in the obs. sense penis (because of the shape of the spadix) …   English new terms dictionary

• cuckoopint — /kooh kooh puynt , kook ooh /, n. a common European arum, Arum maculatum. Also called lords and ladies. [1545 55; apocopated var. of obs. cuckoopintle, late ME cokkupyntel (see CUCKOO, PINTLE); its spadix is pintle shaped] * * * ▪ plant also… …   Universalium

• cuckoopint — cuck•oo•pint [[t]ˈku kuˌpaɪnt, ˈkʊk u [/t]] n. pln a common European plant of the arum family Arum maculatum[/ex] • Etymology: 1545–55; apocopated var. of obs. cuckoopintle, late ME cokkupyntel (see cuckoo, pintle); its spadix is pintle shaped …   From formal English to slang

• Aix sponsa — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Alauda arborea — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Anemone nemorosa — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• book lice — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bridal duck — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English