Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A perennial herb (Cardamine pratensis) in the mustard family, native to the northern temperate regions and having pinnate leaves and pink, purple, or sometimes white flowers. Also called lady's smock.
- n. See ragged robin.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In old works, the ragged-robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi.
- n. Now, more generally, the lady's-smock, Cardamine pratensis.
Wiktionary
- n. Either of two flowering plants
- n. lady's smock Cardamine pratensis
- n. ragged robin Lychins floscuculi
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A species of Cardamine (Cardamine pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bitter cress of Europe and America
- n. common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
- n. a bitter cress of Europe and America
Etymologies
- From the association of its time of blooming with the cuckoo's spring call.
Examples
“Further down, below the moor, the laneside verge was bright with lady's-smock, the so-called cuckooflower that blooms when the first cuckoo calls.”
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