cuckoopint

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cuckoopint

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

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

noun cuckoopints · cuckoo pint · cuckoo-pint · cuckoopintle

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

    Similar: 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

  2. A flowering plant of species Arum italicum.

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noun Arum italicum

Italianogigaro chiaro

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"cuckoopint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuckoopint. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cuckoopint. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuckoopint

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"cuckoopint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuckoopint.

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@misc{cuckoopint_2026,
  title = {cuckoopint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuckoopint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}