noun
- plural of cuckooflower; spring wildflowers with pale pink or white four-petaled blooms, also called lady’s smock
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The meadow was dotted with delicate cuckooflowers in early spring.
- Cuckooflowers bloom around the same time cuckoos return from migration.
- She picked a small bouquet of cuckooflowers from the damp field.
- The pale pink cuckooflowers swayed gently in the morning breeze.
- Cuckooflowers are among the first wildflowers to appear after winter.
- The children learned to identify cuckooflowers during their nature walk.