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Meaning of cuckoopint in English
Pronunciation
/ˈkukupaɪnt/
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Noun
cuckoopint
Etymology
late Middle English: from earlier cuckoo-pintle, from pintle in the obsolete sense ‘penis’ (because of the shape of the spadix)
Definitions
1.
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix
Examples
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