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    CUCKOOPINT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Arum maculatum; cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; lords-and-ladies

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cuckoopint" is a kind of...):

    aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)

    Meronyms (parts of "cuckoopint"):

    arum (starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root)

    Holonyms ("cuckoopint" is a member of...):

    genus Arum (type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves)

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