a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
Also called: lords-and-ladies or (chiefly US) wake-robin
cuckoopint in American English
(ˈkuˌkuˌpɪnt; also ˈkʊkuˌpɪnt)
noun
a European wildflower (Arum maculatum) of the arum family, with large, sagittate leaves and a spadix and spathe similarto those of the jack-in-the-pulpit