cuckoo pint
noun
1- the common European wild arum of woodland and hedgerows, with a pale spathe and a purple or green spadix followed by bright red berries斑叶阿若母。亦称LOADS AND LADIES或JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.
1.1
- Arum maculatum, family Araceae.拉丁名Arum maculatum,天南星科。
词源
late Middle English: from earlier cuckoo-pintle, from PINTLE in the obsolete sense 'penis' (because of the shape of the spadix).