a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
2.
ragged robin
Also cuckoo-flower
cuckooflower in American English
(ˈkuːkuːˌflauər, ˈkukuː-)
noun
any of various plants, as the lady's-smock or the ragged robin
Word origin
[1570–80; cuckoo + flower, so called because it is found in bloom when the cuckoo is heard]This word is first recorded in the period 1570–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: balloon, deadhead, huddle, repeater, skeleton
Examples of 'cuckooflower' in a sentence
cuckooflower
Other common names for it are cuckooflower and milkmaids.