† ˈcuckoo-ˌpintle Obs.
[Named from the form of the spadix.]
= prec.
| c 1450 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 588 Jarus, cokkupyntel, calvysfote. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. lxv. (1598) 90 Wake Robin or Aron..Plinies cowkowpintle. 1635 Brome Sparagus Garden iii. xi. Wks. 1873 III. 174 S'daggers three pound for a few Cuckoe pintles. 1682 Hist. Chocolate in Harl. Misc I. 534 They would have thrown away their wake-robins and their cuckow-pointles. |