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cuckoopint

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˈku.kuˌpɪnt/
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  • UK: /ˈkʊk.uːˌpɪnt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit, snake's head, lords and ladies, Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, arum, arum lily, bobbins, cows and bulls, cuckoopint, cuckoo-plant, devils and angels, friar's cowl, lamb-in-a-pulpit, lord-and-lady, lords-and-ladies, naked boys, starch-root, wakerobin, wild arum, kitty-come-down-the-lane-jump-up-and-kiss-me

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A flowering plant of species Arum italicum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arum, aroid

History

Etymology

From earlier cuckoopintle, from Middle English cokkoupintel from cokkou (“cuckoo”) + pintel (“penis”).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: италиански змиярник (italianski zmijarnik) — Arum italicum
  • Catalan: sarriassa — Arum italicum
  • Galician: corno — Arum italicum
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρον (áron) — Arum italicum
  • Italian: gigaro chiaro — Arum italicum
  • Welsh: pidyn y gog Eidalaidd — Arum italicum