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cuckoo flower

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cuck⋅oo⋅flow⋅er

[koo-koo-flou-er, kook-oo-]
–noun
any of various plants, as the lady's-smock or the ragged robin.

Origin:
1570–80; cuckoo + flower, so called because it is found in bloom when the cuckoo is heard
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cuckoo flower

noun
1. a bitter cress of Europe and America [syn: lady's smock
2. common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals [syn: ragged robin
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