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Definition of Cuckooflower
1. Noun. A bitter cress of Europe and America.
Generic synonyms: Bitter Cress, Bittercress
Definition of Cuckooflower
1. n. A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
Definition of Cuckooflower
1. Noun. Either of two flowering plants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cuckooflower
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuckooflower
Literary usage of Cuckooflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"Lady-bird, ) n. the small red beetle Lady-clock, ( (Coccinella 7-punctata).
Lady's-Smock, n. the plant cuckooflower. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"cuckooflower. Cardamine pratensis. CUCKOO PIHT. See Arum. CUCUMBER. Plate VIII.
The common Cucumbers are derived from a South Asian species, Cucumis sativus ..."
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