CUCKOOPINT

CUCKOOPINT Cuck "oo *pint ` (-pnt `), n. (Bot. )

cuckoopint

cuck oo pint |ˈko͞oko͞oˌpīnt, ˈko͝oko͞o -ˈkukupaɪnt | ▶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. Also called lords-and-ladies or jack-in-the-pulpit. [Arum maculatum, family Araceae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from earlier cuckoo-pintle, from pintle in the obsolete sense ‘penis ’ (because of the shape of the spadix ).