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cows and bulls

cows and bulls noun: a plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.

Noun

cows and bulls (uncountable)

  1. A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
    Synonyms:
    Jack-in-the-pulpit, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, arum, arum lily, bobbins, cuckoo-plant
  2. Synonym of bulls and cows (“codebreaking game”).
    Synonyms:
    bulls and cows

Synonyms of cows and bulls

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Questions about cows and bulls

What does cows and bulls mean?
Cows and bulls means a plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
What part of speech is cows and bulls?
Cows and bulls is a noun.

Words near cows and bulls in the dictionary

  1. cowriting
  2. cowritten
  3. cowrote
  4. cowry
  5. cows
  6. cows and bulls
  7. cows' milk
  8. cowsense
  9. Cowser
  10. Cowsers
  11. Cowsert

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