noun
- a spring-flowering plant with pale pink or white four-petaled flowers, found in damp meadows and along streams
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The cuckooflower blooms in early spring when the cuckoo bird returns.
- We found patches of cuckooflower growing wild in the wet meadow.
- The delicate pink cuckooflowers swayed gently in the breeze.
- Cuckooflower is also known as lady’s smock in some regions.
- The botanical name for cuckooflower is Cardamine pratensis.
- Children often pick cuckooflowers to make small bouquets in May.