lords and ladies

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lords and ladies

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

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uncountable Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe. Often growing with the Primroses, we find peering through the Moss or Ivy-clad bank, the shining green leaves of our native Wild Arum, familiarly known as "Lords and Ladies" and "Cuckoo Pint."
Similar: 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

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@misc{lords_and_ladies_2026,
  title = {lords and ladies},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lords%20and%20ladies},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}