lords-and-ladies
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lords-and-la·dies
(lôrdz′ən-lā′dēz)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
See cuckoopint.
[From its variably colored spadices, the purple ones being considered the lords and the light ones the ladies.]
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lords-and-ladies
n
(Plants) (functioning as singular) another name for cuckoopint
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| Noun | 1. |  lords-and-ladies - common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arumaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe genus Arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves arum - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root |
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