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Definition of Cuckoo bread
1. Noun. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers.
Generic synonyms: Oxalis, Sorrel, Wood Sorrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuckoo Bread
Literary usage of Cuckoo bread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1885)
"The wood-sorrel has the name of cuckoo bread, " because the ... in England,
besides cuckoo-bread, it is called cuckoo-spice : in Scotland. ..."
2. The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1886)
"The wood-sorrel has the name of cuckoo bread, '• because the ... gioge-syre ; in
England, besides cuckoo-bread, it is called cuckoo-spice ; in Scotland, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Ale drunk out of doors to welcome the cuckoo's return. CUCKOO-BALL. A light ball
for children, CUCKOO-BREAD. The wood-sorrel. made of parti-coloured rags. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Ale drunk out of doors to welcome the cuckoo's return. CUCKOO-BALL. A light ball
for children, made of parti-coloured rags. CUCKOO-BREAD. The wood-sorrel. ..."
5. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"The cuckoo's name is given to many flowers: we have the cuckoo-flower, cuckoo-
buds, cuckoo's-bread (wood-sorrel), cuckoo's-meat, cuckoo-pint (Arum ..."
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