Associations to the word «Cuckooflower»

Noun

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Wiktionary

CUCKOOFLOWER, noun. Either of two flowering plants
CUCKOOFLOWER, noun. Lady's smock Cardamine pratensis
CUCKOOFLOWER, noun. Ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi

Dictionary definition

CUCKOOFLOWER, noun. A bitter cress of Europe and America.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats