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CUCKOOFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuckooflower mean? 

CUCKOOFLOWER (noun)
  The noun CUCKOOFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. a bitter cress of Europe and Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CUCKOOFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUCKOOFLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bitter cress of Europe and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cardamine pratensis; cuckoo flower; cuckooflower; lady's smock; meadow cress

Hypernyms ("cuckooflower" is a kind of...):

bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)


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