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cuckooflower

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of two flowering plants

lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Either of two flowering plants

ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a bitter cress of Europe and America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lady's smock, cuckoo flower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bittercress, bitter cress

History

Etymology

From cuckoo + flower.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мокриш (mokriš) — Cardamine pratensis
  • Bulgarian: ливадна горва (livadna gorva) — Cardamine pratensis
  • Catalan: creixen de prat — Cardamine pratensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草甸碎米薺 /草甸碎米荠 — Cardamine pratensis
  • Danish: engkarse — Cardamine pratensis
  • French: cardamine des prés — Cardamine pratensis
  • German: Wiesen-Schaumkraut — Cardamine pratensis
  • Icelandic: hrafnaklukka — Cardamine pratensis
  • Japanese: 花種付花 (hana-tanetsukebana) — Cardamine pratensis
  • Old English: lustmoce — Cardamine pratensis
  • Portuguese: cardamina — Cardamine pratensis
  • Portuguese: agrião-dos-prados — Cardamine pratensis
  • Russian: серде́чник лугово́й (serdéčnik lugovój) — Cardamine pratensis
  • Turkish: çayır teresi — Cardamine pratensis
  • Welsh: blodyn llefrith — Cardamine pratensis
  • Welsh: blodyn llaeth — Cardamine pratensis