European arum resembling the cuckoopint. 类似于天南星的欧洲海芋植物。
cuckoopint
[ noun ] common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum <noun.plant>
Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Arum} ({Arum maculatum}); the European wake-robin.
cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called {arum}.