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A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake- robin.

Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock.

The cuckoopint.

, Zamia integrifolia, atc.). Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). -- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). -- Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ…

The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.

Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).