Cuckoobud

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A buttercup. obsolete

    "When Dasies pied, and Violets blew, And Cuckow-buds of yellow hew:"

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"When Dasies pied, and Violets blew, And Cuckow-buds of yellow hew:"

Etymology

From cuckoo + bud.

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