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lords and ladies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".