cuckoopint

See also: cuckoo pint

English

Arum maculatum

Arum italicum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ku ˌpɪnt/, (spelling pronunciation) /paɪnt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊk.uː ˌpɪnt/, (spelling pronunciation) /paɪnt/

Noun

cuckoopint (plural cuckoopints)

1. A flowering plant of species Arum maculatum, that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
2. A related plant of species Arum italicum.

Alternative forms

• cuckoo pint
• cuckoo-pint
• cuckoopintle

Synonyms

• (Arum maculatum): Jack-in-the-pulpit, lords and ladies, starchwort

Translations

Arum maculatum

• Finnish: aaroninsauva (fi), munkinhuppu (fi)
• Italian: gigaro scuro m
• Welsh: pidyn y gog m

Arum italicum

• Catalan: sarriassa f
• Galician: corno (gl) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄρον n (áron)

• Italian: gigaro chiaro m
• Welsh: pidyn y gog Eidalaidd m