Lords and ladies

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe. uncountable

    "Often growing with the Primroses, we find peering through the Moss or Ivy-clad bank, the shining green leaves of our native Wild Arum, familiarly known as "Lords and Ladies" and "Cuckoo Pint.""

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cuckoopint

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"Often growing with the Primroses, we find peering through the Moss or Ivy-clad bank, the shining green leaves of our native Wild Arum, familiarly known as "Lords and Ladies" and "Cuckoo Pint.""

Etymology

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

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